Durlstotherium
| Durlstotherium Temporal range: Early-Late Berriasian | |
|---|---|
| Molars of Durlstotherium newmani (A) and Durlstodon ensomi (B) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Eutheria |
| Genus: | †Durlstotherium Sweetman et al., 2017 |
| Type species | |
| †Durlstotherium newmani Sweetman et al., 2017 | |
Durlstotherium is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous. It contains a single species, Durlstotherium newmani. The type specimen was found in Durlston Bay, Dorset, after which the genus was named. D. newmani was named after a British pub landlord, Charlie Newman. Durlstotherium and two of its contemporaries, Tribactonodon and Durlstodon, had tribosphenidan (three-cusped) molars, which are an advanced characteristic among eutherian mammals and suggest that the group emerged earlier than the Early Cretaceous.