Oklatheridium wiblei Cifelli and Davis 2015 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and B. M. Davis. 2015. Tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana and Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3):e920848:1-18

Belongs to Oklatheridium according to R. L. Cifelli and B. M. Davis 2015

Sister taxa: Oklatheridium minax, Oklatheridium szalayi

Type specimen: OMNH 67517, a tooth (LM3 preserving the distobuccal corner only). Its type locality is Cloverly (OMNH V1075), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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