Deltatheridium (lat.) - a genus of extinct Mesozoic mammals of the family Deltatheridiidae (order Deltatheroida ). Inhabited in the Late Cretaceous on the territory of modern Mongolia . They existed about 80 million years ago [1] and resembled modern shrews , but belonged to marsupial mammals , and not to insectivores.
| † Deltatheridium |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Deltatheridium Gregory & Simpson, 1926 |
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Representatives of the genus Deltatheridium were insectivores; they also consumed small reptiles .
According to the Fossilworks website, as of April 2016, 2 extinct species and 2 subspecies are included in this extinct genus [2] :
- Deltatheridium nessovi Averianov, 1997
- Deltatheridium pretrituberculare Gregory & Simpson, 1926
- D. pretrituberculare pretrituberculare Gregory & Simpson, 1926
- D. pretrituberculare tardum Kielan-Jaworowska , 1975
