Arcantiodelphys

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]

Arcantiodelphys
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Scientific classification
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Arcantiodelphys

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

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. 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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