†family Deltatheridiidae Gregory and Simpson 1926 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Synonym: Deltatheroididae Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov 1990

Full reference: W. K. Gregory and G. G. Simpson. 1926. Cretaceous mammal skulls from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 225:1-20

Parent taxon: Deltatheroida according to S. Bi et al. 2015

See also Archibald and Averianov 2005, Averianov 1997, Averianov et al. 2010, Davis et al. 2008, Davis and Cifelli 2011, Gregory and Simpson 1926, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Deltatheroides, Khuduklestes

Subtaxa: Atokatheridium Deltatheridium Gurbanodelta Hydotherium Lotheridium Nanocuris Oklatheridium Sulestes Sulestinae Tsagandelta

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (7), United States (8: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (11)

Total: 30 collections including 38 occurrences

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