Galatiadelphys

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Galatiadelphys
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Herpetotheriidae
Genus: Galatiadelphys
Species:
G. minor
Binomial name
Galatiadelphys minor
Métais et. al., 2018

Galatiadelphys is an extinct genus of herpetotheriid that inhabited Turkey during the Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, G. minor. [1]

References

  1. Métais, Grégoire; Coster, Pauline M.; Kappelman, John R.; Licht, Alexis; Ocakoğlu, Faruk; Taylor, Michael H.; Beard, Kenneth Christopher (14 November 2018). Ni, Xijun (ed.). "Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time". PLOS ONE . 13 (11) e0206181. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1306181M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206181 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6235269 . PMID   30427946.