Scalaridelphys martini Cohen et al. 2020 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Aquiladelphidae

Alternative combination: Scalaria martini

Full reference: J. E. Cohen, B. M. Davis, and R. L. Cifelli. 2020. Geologically oldest Pediomyoidea (Mammalia, Marsupialiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with implications for taxonomy and diet of earliest Late Cretaceous mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1835935:1-13

Belongs to Scalaridelphys according to J. E. Cohen et al. 2021

See also Cohen et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Scalaridelphys aquilana

Type specimen: OMNH 68766, a mandible. Its type locality is OMNH V1404, 13km SE of Henrieville , which is in a Turonian wet floodplain mudstone/claystone in the Straight Cliffs Formation of Utah.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at OMNH V1404, 13km SE of Henrieville

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