Adalatherium

Adalatherium (meaning "crazy beast") is an extinct gondwanatherian that lived on Madagascar during the Cretaceous period, during the Maastrichtian.[1][2] The discovery of the first nearly-complete Adalatherium skeleton from the Maevarano Formation was announced in April 2020.

Adalatherium Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	†Gondwanatheria
Family:	†Adalatheriidae Krause et al, 2020
Genus:	†Adalatherium Krause et al, 2020
Species:	†A. hui
Binomial name
†Adalatherium hui Krause et al, 2020

Although known fossil is estimated to be subadult induvial, it had large skull reaching length 8.4 centimetres (3.3 in), and body mass is estimated between 1.775–5.218 kilograms (3.91–11.50 lb), only exceeded by Vintana and Repenomamus.[1] It is depicted in reconstructions as being built somewhat like a badger. Its skeleton is the most complete of any Southern Hemisphere Mesozoic mammal. Additionally, the front of the skull contains more foramina than any known mammal.[3][4]