Lotheridium mengi Bi et al. 2015 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Full reference: S. Bi, X. Jin, S. Li and T. Du. 2015. A new Cretaceous metatherian mammal from Henan, China. PeerJ 3:e896

Belongs to Lotheridium according to S. Bi et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMNH M9032, a partial skull (e A nearly complete skull with associated lower jaws). Its type locality is Haoping Village, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Qiupa Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at Haoping Village

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