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Sulestes; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous(Turonian to Santonian) ; ~92–83 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A hypothetical life restoration of Sulestes karakshi.
Scientific 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 and Aitym Formations in Uzbekistan.^[1]^[2]

Description

Sulestes is known from several jaw bones and teeth. Its holotype CCMGE 35/12000 consists of a left maxilla fragment with the first two molars.^[3] Significantly more material was referred to the genus in 2010 that included a right maxilla and several right and left dentary fragments.^[1]

The genus and the Deltatheridiidae family as a whole are thought to be predators.^[3]

Classification

The following cladogram is modified from Averianov et al., 2010:^[1]

Deltatheroida

Oklatheridium

Deltatheridiidae

	Sulestes

	Deltatheridium

	Deltatheroides

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ Averianov, A (2003). "Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Aitym Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan". Cretaceous Research. 24 (2): 171–191. doi:10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00037-5.
^ ^a ^b Nessov, Lev A.; Sigogneau-Russel, Denise; Russel, Donald E. (1994). "A survey of Cretaceous tribosphenic mammals from middle Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan), of their geological setting, age and faunal environment". Palaeovertebrata. 23 (1–4): 51–92.

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[:0-1] 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

[2] Averianov, A (2003). "Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Aitym Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan". Cretaceous Research. 24 (2): 171–191. doi:10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00037-5.

[:1-3] Nessov, Lev A.; Sigogneau-Russel, Denise; Russel, Donald E. (1994). "A survey of Cretaceous tribosphenic mammals from middle Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan), of their geological setting, age and faunal environment". Palaeovertebrata. 23 (1–4): 51–92.

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