Deltatheridium nessovi Averianov 1997 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Full reference: A. O. Averianov. 1997. New Late Cretaceous mammals of southern Kazakhstan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 42(2):243-256

Belongs to Deltatheridium according to A. O. Averianov 1997

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Deltatheridium pretrituberculare

Type specimen: ZIN 82193, a tooth (right M2 missing the protocone). Its type locality is Kyrkkuduk II, which is in a Campanian marginal marine sandstone in the Dabrazhin Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kyrkkuduk II

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