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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. It was first named by Romain Vullo, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Christian de Muizon and Didier Néraudeau in 2009 and the type species is Arcantiodelphys marchandi.

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Vullo et al. (2009).

Peramus

Boreosphenida

Kielantherium

Holoclemensia

Eutheria

Maelestes

Prokennalestes

Metatheria

Sinodelphys

Deltatheridium

Marsupialiformes

Arcantiodelphys

Dakotadens

Kokopellia

Asiatherium

Marsupialia

Adelodelphys

Iugomortiferum

Pariadens

Sinbadelphys

References

  1. ^ 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.
Metatheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Metatheria
    • see below↓
Metatheria
Metatheria
Deltatheroida
Deltatheridiidae
Marsupialiformes
Sparassodonta
    • see below↓
Asiatheriidae
Archimetatheria
Stagodontidae
Pediomyoidea
Peradectidae
Alphadontidae
Herpetotheriidae
Anatoliadelphyidae
Polydolopimorphia
    • see below↓
Marsupialia
Didelphodon vorax

Alphadon sp.

Herpetotherium fugax
Sparassodonta
Sparassodonta
Hathliacynidae
Borhyaenoidea
Borhyaenidae
Proborhyaenidae
Thylacosmilidae
Thylacosmilus atrox
Polydolopimorphia
Polydolopimorphia
Bonapartheriiformes
Bonapartheriidae
Argyrolagidae
Chulpasiinae
Prepidolopidae
Rosendolopidae
Polydolopiformes
Polydolopidae
Sillustaniidae
Argyrolagus palmeri
Taxon identifiers
Arcantiodelphys


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