Nanocuris
Nanocuris Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Deltatheroida |
Family: | †Deltatheridiidae |
Genus: | †Nanocuris Fox, Scott & Bryant, 2007 |
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Nanocuris is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from Cretaceous of Canada (Saskatchewan) and United States (Wyoming - Lance Formation).[1] Initially was classified in a proper family, Nanocuridae, in clade Eutheria,[1] but a reanalysis of a new specimen reveal a deltharoid affinity of the genus.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and H. N. Bryant. 2007. A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 28(5):821-829.
- ^ G. P. Wilson and J. A. Riedel. 2010. New specimen reveals deltatheroidan affinities of the North American Late Cretaceous mammal Nanocuris. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):872-884
Categories:
- Prehistoric metatherians
- Cretaceous mammals
- Cretaceous mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 2007
- Hell Creek fauna
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs