Uchkudukodon nessovi McKenna et al. 2000

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative combination: Daulestes nessovi

Full reference: M. C. McKenna, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and J. Meng. 2000. Earliest eutherian mammal skull, from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Uzbekistan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45(1):1-54

Belongs to Uchkudukodon according to J. D. Archibald and A. O. Averianov 2006

See also Archibald and Averianov 2005 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZIN 79066, a partial skull (incomplete skull). Its type locality is CBI-5a, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Distribution: found only at CBI-5a, Dzharakuduk II

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