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Tsagandelta dashzevegi

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Taxonomy
Tsagandelta dashzevegi was named by Rougier et al. (2015). Its type specimen is PSS-MAE 629, a mandible (a left dentary fragment preserving a mostly complete m2, the base of the crown of the m3, and roots of only the p1. The jaw is missing the mesial half of the ca), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsagan Tsonj, which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Baynshire Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Tsagandelta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Tsagandelta dashzevegi Rougier et al. p. 170 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
orderDeltatheroidaKielan-Jaworowska 1982
familyDeltatheridiidae
genusTsagandelta
speciesdashzevegi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tsagandelta dashzevegi Rougier et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:03:54
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:21:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Fox and Naylor 1995, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Tsagandelta dashzevegi (type locality: 167890)