Sinodelphys szalayi Luo et al. 2003 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: Z.-X. Luo, Q. Ji, J. R. Wible and C.-X. Yuan. 2003. An Early Cretaceous tribosphenic mammal and metatherian evolution. Science 302:1934-1939

Belongs to Sinodelphys according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAGS00-IG03, a skeleton (slightly incomplete, flattened skeleton with some preserved soft tissues). Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi

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