A new marsupialiform from Upper Cretaceous of Songliao Basin, Heilongjiang, China

• Published in: Palaeoworld Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 100880
• Main Authors: Gao, Yuan, Wu, Wen-Hao, Mao, Fang-Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2025
• Subjects: early Campanian; Late Cretaceous; Marsupialiformes; Pediomyidae; Songliao Basin; Marsupialiformes; early Campanian; Pediomyidae; Songliao Basin; Late Cretaceous

The fossil record of marsupialiforms in the Upper Cretaceous of Asia is scarce, without previous discoveries in China until the current study. Here we report a new marsupialiform, Solatherium nenjiangensis n. gen. n. sp., based on three lower left molars found in the early Campanian Nenjiang Formati...