Arcantiodelphys
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Subclass:
Theria
Infraclass:
Metatheria
(unranked):
Marsupialiformes
Genus:
Arcantiodelphys

Vullo et al., 2009
Species
  • A. marchandi Vullo et al., 2009 (type)

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]

Peramus

 Boreosphenida 

Kielantherium

Holoclemensia

 Eutheria 

Maelestes

Prokennalestes

 Metatheria 

Sinodelphys

Deltatheridium

 Marsupialiformes 

Arcantiodelphys

Dakotadens

Kokopellia

Asiatherium

Marsupialia

Adelodelphys

Iugomortiferum

Pariadens

Sinbadelphys

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10619910V. doi:10.1073/pnas.0902940106. PMC 2785266. PMID 19892730.


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