Kielantherium gobiensis Dashzeveg 1975 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative combinations: Aegialodon gobiensis, Kielantherium gobiense

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1975. New primitive therian from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 256:402-403

Belongs to Kielantherium according to D. Dashzeveg and Z. Kielan-Jaworowska 1984

See also Dashzeveg 1975, Dashzeveg 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Lopatin and Averianov 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GI (Ulan Bator) No. PST 10-14, a tooth (right lower molar, possibly M2). Its type locality is Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE]

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