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| Lotheridium Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Deltatheroida |
| Family: | † Deltatheridiidae |
| Genus: | †
Lotheridium Bi et al. 2015 |
| Species: | †L. mengi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lotheridium mengi Bi et al. 2015
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Lotheridium (meaning "small beast of Luoyang") is a genus of deltatheroidean therian mammal that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous. [1]
Description
Lotheridium is currently known from one specimen, the holotype ZMNH M9032. The specimen is a nearly complete adult skull with associated lower jaws. It was found in the Qiupa Formation of the Henan Province, central China. The length of the skull is 67.3mm. [1]
References
- ^ a b Bi, Shundong; Jin, Xingsheng; Li, Shuo; Du, Tianming (14 April 2015). "A new Cretaceous Metatherian mammal from Henan, China". PeerJ. 3: e896. doi: 10.7717/peerj.896. PMC 4400878. PMID 25893149.
