''Durlstotherium'' is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

. It contains a single species, ''Durlstotherium newmani''. The type specimen was found in Durlston Bay,

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, 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

eutheria Eutheria (from Greek , 'good, right' and , 'beast'; ), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of Placentalia, placental mammals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials. Eutherians ...

n mammals and suggest that the group emerged earlier than the Early Cretaceous. Purbeck lagoon

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q42898185 Prehistoric eutherians Fossil taxa described in 2017 Berriasian genera Early Cretaceous mammals of Europe Prehistoric mammal genera