Northernmost record of the Metatheria: a new Late Cretaceous pediomyid from the North Slope of Alaska

• Main Authors: Eberle, Jaelyn J., Clemens, William A., McCarthy, Paul J., Fiorillo, Anthony R., Erickson, Gregory M., Druckenmiller, Patrick S.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Subjects: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Developmental Biology; Arctic; Prince Creek; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8047169; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/Northernmost_record_of_the_Metatheria_a_new_Late_Cretaceous_pediomyid_from_the_North_Slope_of_Alaska/8047169

The northernmost record of Metatheria, Unnuakomys hutchisoni gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Pediomys Point locality in Upper Cretaceous (lower Maastrichtian) strata of the Prince Creek Formation cropping out along the Colville River on the North Slope of Alaska, USA (70°N). Based on over 60...