Durlstotherium

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.

[1] D. newmani was named after a British pub landlord, Charlie Newman.

[2] 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.

Artist's impression of Durlstotherium (right and center) and Durlstodon (left)