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A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction

Deltatheroidans are primitive metatherian mammals (relatives of marsupials), previously thought to have become extinct during the Cretaceous mass extinction. Here, we report a tiny new deltatheroidan mammal (Gurbanodelta kara gen. et sp. nov.) discovered at the South Gobi locality in China (Xinjiang...

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Autores principales: Ni, Xijun, Li, Qiang, Stidham, Thomas A., Li, Lüzhou, Lu, Xiaoyu, Meng, Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5141426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27924847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38547