Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Synonyms: Deltatheroides kizylkumensis Nessov 1993, Deltatherus kizylkumensis Nessov 1993, Marsasia aenigma Nessov 1997

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219

Belongs to Sulestes according to J. D. Archibald and A. O. Averianov 2005

See also Averianov 2000, Averianov et al. 2010, Averianov and Kielan-Jaworowska 1999, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Nessov 1985, Nessov 1997 and Nessov et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Sulestes karakshi: TsNIGR 35/12000, a maxilla (maxilla with M1-2). Its type locality is CBI-4b, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.
• Deltatherus kizylkumensis: CCMGE 41/12455 (or ?40/12455), a tooth (m2?). Its type locality is CBI-4, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.
• Marsasia aenigma: ZIN C.82620, a mandible (partial left dentary with alveoli for seven double-rooted postcanine teeth). Its type locality is CBI-51, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.