Ferugliotherium

Ferugliotherium is an extinct mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. It was a member of the extinct taxon of Gondwanatheria, and lived during 'the age of the dinosaurs'.
The position of gondwanatherians within Mammalia is not yet clear.

Genus: Ferugliotherium Bonaparte JF, 1986
Aka: Vucetichia Bonaparte, 1990
Remarks: Gondwanatheria is now generally regarded as not part of Multituberculata but, according to Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, (p.411): "a few specimens described as ?Ferugliotherium," are from multis. "These poorly known specimens (not discussed herein) demonstrate that a branch of multituberculates apparently lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America." As gondwanatherians aren't multis, these remains would clearly not belong to this genus or grouping.

Species: Ferugliotherium windhauseni Bonaparte JF, 1986
Aka: Vucetichia gracilis Bonaparte, 1990
Place: Los Alamitos, Patagonia
Country: Argentina
Age: Upper Cretaceous
Remarks: Synonymized by Krause.
References?: Bonaparte (1986), Sobre Mesungulatum[?] houssayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina. (Spanish, with English summary). Actas Congr. Argent. Paleontol. Bioestratigr. 4, p.48-61.
Bonaparte (1990), New Late Cretaceous mammals from the Los Alamitos Formation, northern Patagonia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 6, p.63-93.
Krause DW (1993), Vucetichia (Gondwanatheria) is a junior synonym of Ferugliotherium (Multituberculata). J. Paleontol. 67, p.321-324.

Page references: Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and systematics of multituberculate mammals, Palaeonotology, Vol 44 (3), p.389-429.
McKenna MC & Bell SK, (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press.

(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/gondwanatheria.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Gondwanatheria, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)