Adalatherium

Adalatherium
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Restoration of the skull in lateral view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Gondwanatheria
Family: Adalatheriidae
Krause et al, 2020
Genus: Adalatherium
Krause et al, 2020
Species:
A. hui
Binomial name
Adalatherium hui
Krause et al, 2020

Adalatherium (Adàla, 'crazy' in Malagasy and therium, 'beast' in Greek) is an extinct gondwanatherian that lived in Madagascar during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The discovery of the first nearly-complete skeleton from the Maevarano Formation was announced in April 2020.