[MM] Deltatheroides cretacius
Metatherians
DESCRIBER Gregory & Simpson, 1926
TIME Cretaceous Late
Campanian
CLASS Mammalia
INFRACLASS Metatheria
COHORT Deltatheroida
FAMILY Deltatheridiidae
FOSSILSITE Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Dessert, Mongolia
INFO
Type species by monotype. The poorly known upper molars of Deltatheroides approach more those of the Guriliin Tsav skull tham those of Deltatheridium; on the other hand, reduction in the size of M4 allies Deltatheroides with Deltatheroida, rather than marsupials.