Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Full reference: R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and H. N. Bryant. 2007. A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 28(5):821-829
Belongs to Nanocuris according to R. C. Fox et al. 2007
See also Wilson and Riedel 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RSM P2523.260, a mandible (incomplete right dentary containing the canine, p1, m3, and the broken roots of other teeth). Its type locality is Eastend "Scotty" site, RSM loc. 72F07-0022, which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Frenchman Formation of Canada.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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