’Symmetrodontans’

DESCRIBER    Nessov, 1997
TIME    Cretaceous Late
Turonian
CLADE    Trechnotheria
CLASS    Mammalia
ORDER    Incertae Sedis
FAMILY    Spalacotheriidae
SUB FAMILY    Spalacolestinae
FOSSILSITE    Bissekt Formation, Kyzylkum Dessert, Uzbekistan
INFO
Named on the basis of annon diagnosable edentulous dentary. Holotype not fully described or illustated. Origianlly assigned to ?Plagiaulacoida however a restudy of Averianov (2002) suggests that Shalbaatar may be a Spalacotheriid.