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Henkelotherium fossil map

Where fossils of Henkelotherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 145 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 145 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Henkelotherium
Image: P.Fernandes (Trebaruna), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived154.8–149.2 million years ago (Kimmeridgian)
PeriodsJurassic
FamilyDryolestidae
Named byKrebs 1991
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inPortugal
Rock formationsAlcobaça

About Henkelotherium

Henkelotherium is an extinct genus of dryolestidan mammal from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota, in Portugal. Unlike many other Jurassic mammals, it is known from a largely complete skeleton, and is thought to have had an arboreal lifestyle.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Henkelotherium (revision 1341231866), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q18643184.

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