Arcantiodelphys
| Arcantiodelphys Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Theria |
| Infraclass: | Metatheria |
| (unranked): | Marsupialiformes |
| Genus: | Arcantiodelphys Vullo et al., 2009 |
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Arcantiodelphys is an extinct genus of basal Metatheria which existed in France during the Cenomanian age.[1] It was first named by Romain Vullo, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Christian de Muizon and Didier Néraudeau in 2009 and the type species is Arcantiodelphys marchandi.[1]
Phylogeny
Cladogram after Vullo et al. (2009).[1]
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References
- 1 2 3 Romain Vullo; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Christian de Muizon; Didier Néraudeau (2009). "The oldest modern therian mammal from Europe and its bearing on stem marsupial paleobiogeography". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (47): 19910–19915. doi:10.1073/pnas.0902940106. PMC 2785266
. PMID 19892730.
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