Drescheratherium

Drescheratherium
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Paurodontidae
Genus: Drescheratherium
Krebs, 1998
Species:
D. acutum
Binomial name
Drescheratherium acutum
Krebs, 1998

Drescheratherium is an extinct genus of mammal from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota of Leiria, Portugal. It is represented by fairly complete upper jaws with teeth. It bears elongated upper canines, though not to the extent another dryolestoid, Cronopio, does.

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