Henkelotherium

Henkelotherium; Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Paurodontidae
Genus:	†Henkelotherium; Krebs, 1991
Species:	†H. guimarotae
Binomial name
	†Henkelotherium guimarotae; Krebs, 1991

Henkelotherium is an extinct genus of mammal from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota, in Portugal.^[1] It differs from most other paurodontids in having more postcanine teeth.

Mammalia

Australosphenida (monotremes and extinct relatives)

Tinodon

	Plagiaulacida

	Cimolodonta

Symmetrodonta

	Dryolestes

	Henkelotherium

	Amphitherium

	Peramus

	Metatheria (marsupials and extinct relatives)

	Eutheria (placental mammals)

Paleobiology[]

Primitive characters of Henkelotherium (e.g. asymmetric condyles of the femur) indicate that this species had a mode of locomotion similar to tree shrews and opossums. The small size of Henkelotherium and elongated tail made it suited to an arboreal lifestyle and capable of climbing trees, a notion supported by the paleoecological reconstruction of the Guimarota ecosystem indicating a densely vegetated environment.^[2]

References[]

^ Krebs B., 1991. Das Skelett von Henkelotherium guimarotae gen. et sp. nov. (Eupantotheria, Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Berl Geowiss Abh A.: 133:1–110.
^ Vázquez-Molinero, R., Martin, T., Fischer, M. S. and Frey, R. (2001), Comparative anatomical investigations of the postcranial skeleton of Henkelotherium guimarotae Krebs, 1991 (Eupantotheria, Mammalia) and their implications for its locomotion. Zool. Reihe, 77: 207–216. doi: 10.1002/mmnz.20010770206

Henkelotherium

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