[MM] Ukhaatherium nessovi
Eutherians
DESCRIBER Novacek, Rougier, Wible, McKenna, Dasheveg, Horovitz, 1997
TIME
Cretaceous Late
Campanian
CLASS Mammalia
INFRACLASS Eutheria
MAGNORDER Epitheria
SUPERORDER Asioryctitheria
FAMILY Asioryctidae
FOSSILSITE \" Ukhaa Tolgod Beds\" Gobi Dessert, Mongolia
INFO
Type species by monotype. Differs from Asioryctes in having two- or three cusped I1 adn I4, enlarged singe-rooted upper and lower canines, long diastema between I4 and upper canine to accomodate lower canine, less robust P3, upper molars less elongated transversely and less slender, only two mental foramina in the dentary, smaller facial process of the lacrimal, and only one foramen in the mastoid.