Brancatherulum

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

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|fossil_range = Late Jurassic {{Fossil range|Kimmeridgian|Tithonian}}

|image = Brancatherulum.jpg

|image_caption = Holotype dentary

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|genus = Brancatherulum

|parent_authority = Dietrich, 1927

|species = tendagurense

|authority = Dietrich, 1927

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Brancatherulum is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Tendaguru Formation of Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is based on a single toothless dentary 21 mm in length.Dietrich, W. O., 1927, Brancatherulum n. g., ein Proplacentalier aus dem obersten Jura des Tendaguru in Deutsch-Ostafrika: Centralblatt fur Mineralogie, Geologie, Palaontologie, Abt B, 1927, n. 10, p. 423-426. It is currently considered either a stem-zatherian or dryolestidan.{{Cite journal|last=Averianov|first=A. O.|last2=Martin|first2=T.|date=2015|title=Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA|url=https://spbu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/ontogeny-and-taxonomy-of-paurodon-valens-mammalia-cladotheria-fro|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS|volume=319|pages=326–340}}