Eutherians

DESCRIBER    Fox, 1979
TIME    Cretaceous Late
Campanian Maastrichtian
CLASS    Mammalia
INFRACLASS    Eutheria
MAGNORDER    Epitheria
SUPERORDER    Insectivora
ORDER    Lipotyphla
SUBORDER    Saricomorpha
FAMILY    ’Nyctitheriidae’
FOSSILSITE    

Foremost Formation; Oldman Formation; Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

Paranyctoides cf. sternbergi

Lower Hunter Wash, Fruitland Formation, Kirtland Formation, New Mexico, US
INFO

Paranyctoides sternbergi (Fox, !979) > Paranyctoides maleficus (Fox, 1984) > Paranyctoides megakeros (Lillegraven & McKenna, 1986) > Paranyctoides aralensis (Nessov, 1993) > Paranyctoides sp. (Rigby & Wolberg, 1987; Cifelli, 1990; Montellano, 1992; Archibald & Averianov, 2001)

A rather rare element is Cretaceous fauna only known by posterior premolars and molars (most of which are isoltaed teeth) of the upper and lower dentitions.

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