Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Full reference: G. W. Rougier, B. M. Davis, and M. J. Novacek. 2015. A deltatheroidan mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Baynshiree Formation, eastern Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 52:167-177
Belongs to Tsagandelta according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PSS-MAE 629, a mandible (a left dentary fragment preserving a mostly complete m2, the base of the crown of the m3, and roots of only the p1. The jaw is missing the mesial half of the ca). Its type locality is Tsagan Tsonj, which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Baynshire Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage
Distribution: found only at Tsagan Tsonj
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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