Gurbanodelta Ni et al. 2016 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Full reference: X. Ni, Q. Li, T. A. Stidham, L. Li, X. Lu and J. Meng. 2016. A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction. Scientific Reports 6:38547:1-9

Parent taxon: Deltatheridiidae according to X. Ni et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Atokatheridium, Deltatheridium, Hydotherium, Lotheridium, Nanocuris, Oklatheridium, Sulestes, Sulestinae, Tsagandelta

Subtaxa: Gurbanodelta kara

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Type: Gurbanodelta kara

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at South Gobi mammalian fossil locality (Section A) (Paleocene of China)

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