Lotheridium

Extinct family of mammals

Lotheridium
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Deltatheroida
Family: Deltatheridiidae
Genus: Lotheridium
Bi et al. 2015
Species:
L. mengi
Binomial name
Lotheridium mengi
Bi et al. 2015

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

  1. ^ 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.
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Lotheridium