Crusafontia
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Crusafontia is an extinct genus of Mesozoic mammal.
Crusafontia was a 10 cm (4 in) long creature that probably looked and lived like a squirrel. Its reconstruction is based on the near-complete skeleton of a closely related creature from the Late Jurassic; only a few teeth of Crusafontia have been found. Its long grasping tail shows it was an arboreal creature. Judging from the hipbones, baby Crusafontia were born in an early stage of development, probably continuing their development inside a marsupial-like pouch.
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