Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Full reference: W. K. Gregory and G. G. Simpson. 1926. Cretaceous mammal skulls from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 225:1-20
Belongs to Deltatheridium according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Gregory and Simpson 1926, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Simpson 1928
Sister taxon: Deltatheridium nessovi
Subtaxa: Deltatheridium pretrituberculare pretrituberculare Deltatheridium pretrituberculare tardum
Type specimen: AMNH 21705, a skull (palate with C-M3 and associated lower jaws). Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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