Delsatia

<i>Delsatia</i>

Delsatia

Extinct genus of mammaliaforms

Delsatia is an early mammaliaform genus that lived during the Late Triassic and has been found in France.[1][2] The type species, D. rhupotopi, was named in 1997.[3] It was originally tentatively placed within the Docodonta,[3] but subsequent studies disagree with this; Delsatia is seen by most as a basal mammaliaform.[4] The holotype, MNHN.F.SNP408W, is an incomplete, isolated tooth.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Delsatia rhupotopi SIGOGNEAU-RUSSELL & GODEFROIT, 1997". science.mnhn.fr.
  2. [2]
    "Delsatia Sigogneau-Russell & Godefroit, 1997". www.gbif.org.
  3. [3]
    Sigogneau-Russell D. & Godefroit P., 1997 - A primitive docodont (Mammalia) from the upper triassic of France and the possible therian affinities of the order, sér. II a, t. 324, p. 135-140
  4. [4]
    Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, R. L. Cifelli, and Z.-X. Luo. 2004. Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure. Columbia University Press, New York 1-630


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