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
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