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Deltatheridium nessovi

Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae

Taxonomy
Deltatheridium nessovi was named by Averianov (1997). Its type specimen is ZIN 82193, a tooth (right M2 missing the protocone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kyrkkuduk II, which is in a Campanian marginal marine sandstone in the Dabrazhin Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Deltatheridium nessovi Averianov p. 246
2004Deltatheridium nessovi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 445-446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
orderDeltatheroidaKielan-Jaworowska 1982
familyDeltatheridiidae
genusDeltatheridium
speciesnessovi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Deltatheridium nessovi Averianov 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:53:13
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:53:13
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Fox and Naylor 1995, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan) Deltatheridium nessovi (type locality: 59730)