Sulestes

Sulestes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
A hypothetical life restoration of Sulestes karakshi.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Deltatheroida
Family: Deltatheridiidae
Genus: Sulestes
Nessov, 1985
Species
  • Sulestes karakshi Nessov 1985
Synonyms
  • Deltatherus Nessov, 1997
  • Marsasia Nessov, 1997

Sulestes is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from Cretaceous period. It has only been recovered from the Bissekty Formation in Uzbekistan.[1]

  1. ^ A. O. Averianov, J. D. Archibald, and E. G. Ekdale. 2010. New material of the Late Cretaceous deltatheroidan mammal Sulestes from Uzbekistan and phylogenetic reassessment of the metatherian-eutherian dichotomy. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (3): 301-330. doi:10.1080/14772011003603499