-
Paleogene and Miocene), but this was
later disproven. Nonetheless,
deltatheroideans do
converge on hyaenodontids, oxyaenids, carnivorans, dasyuromorphs...
-
Lotheridium (meaning "small
beast of Luoyang") is a
genus of
deltatheroidean therian mammal that
lived in Asia
during the Late Cretaceous. Lotheridium...
- kata is
known from
upper molars. They are the
smallest sized among deltatheroideans,
suggesting that it was a small, shrew-sized mammal.
Gurbanodelta kara...
- maint:
multiple names:
authors list (link)
Other eutriconodonts and
deltatheroidean metatherians have
adaptations towards specialised carnivory Han, Gang;...
- two
groups of
metatherians (the
thylacosmilid spar****odonts and the
deltatheroideans). Μαχαιροῦς, from
Ancient Gr****: μάχαιρα, lit. 'makhaira',
means a...
-
least in
carnivorous niches,
eutriconodonts were
probably replaced by
deltatheroidean metatherians,
which are the
dominant carnivorous mammals in Late Cretaceous...
-
delthatheroid affinity of the genus. It was the
proportionally largest deltatheroidean.
Alongside the
similarly sized Didelphodon, it
likely replaced earlier...
-
least in
carnivorous niches,
gobiconodontids were
probably replaced by
deltatheroidean metatherians,
which are the
dominant carnivorous mammals in Late Cretaceous...
-
lineages of
metatherian mammals, the
thylacosmilids of Spar****odonta, and
deltatheroideans,
which are more
closely related to marsupials. In this regard, these...
- speciations, but
recent studies have
shown no
evidence of
specifically deltatheroidean or even
metatherian characters.
Averinov and
Archibald et al. 2005...
