Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Full reference: B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli. 2011. Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):441-462
Belongs to Oklatheridium according to B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli 2011
Sister taxa: Oklatheridium szalayi, Oklatheridium wiblei
Type specimen: OMNH 33455, a tooth (LM2, missing the metacone and metastylar lobe). Its type locality is McLeod Prison (OMNH V706), Tomato Hill, which is in an Aptian/Albian floodplain claystone/sandstone in the Antlers Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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