Oklatheridium

Name: Oklatheridium.
Phonetic: O-kla-fe-rid-e-um.
Named By: B.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Davis,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Cifelli‭ & ‬Z.‭ ‬Kielan-Jaworowska‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Metatheria,‭ ‬Deltatheroida,‭ ‬Deltatheridiidae.
Species: O.‭ ‬minax,‭ ‬O.‭ ‬szalayi.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Oklatheridium is a genus of deltatheroidan mammal that lived in North America during the Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Earliest Evidence of Deltatheroida‭ (‬Mammalia:‭ ‬Metatheria‭) ‬from the Early Cretaceous of North America.‭ ‬Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology:‭ ‬A Tribute to Frederick S.‭ ‬Szalay‭ ‬3-24.‭ ‬-‭ ‬B.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Davis,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Cifelli‭ & ‬Z.‭ ‬Kielan-Jaworowska‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.

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