Yeutherium
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| Yeutherium Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
| Clade: | †Mesungulatoidea |
| Family: | †Reigitheriidae |
| Genus: | †Yeutherium Püschel et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †Y. pressor |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yeutherium pressor Püschel et al., 2025 | |
Yeutherium is an extinct genus of mammal from the Reigitheriidae that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian). Its fossils have been found in the Dorotea Formation in Chile and the type species is Y. pressor.[1]
The holotype was discovered in the Dorotea Formation in Chile and it consists of a partial maxilla with an associated molar.
Yeutherium pressor was named and described by Püschel et al. (2025).[1]
