Gurbanodelta kara Ni et al. 2016 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Full reference: X. Ni, Q. Li, T. A. Stidham, L. Li, X. Lu and J. Meng. 2016. A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction. Scientific Reports 6:38547:1-9

Belongs to Gurbanodelta according to X. Ni et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V 22802, a set of teeth (Right M2). Its type locality is South Gobi mammalian fossil locality (Section A), which is in a Paleocene fluvial sandstone in China.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at South Gobi mammalian fossil locality (Section A)

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