Synonyms: Didelphyodus Winge 1923, Phenacops Matthew 1909
Parent taxon: Proviverridae according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902, Lopatin 2006, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997, McKenna et al. 1962, Rose et al. 2012, Van Valen 1966, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson 1985
Sister taxa: Alienetherium, Allopterodon, Consobrinus, Deltatherium, Lesmesodon, Minimovellentodon, Morlodon, Paenoxyaenoides, Parvagula, Praecodens, Proviverra
Subtaxa: Didelphodus absarokae Didelphodus altidens Didelphodus rheos Didelphodus serus
Type: Deltatherium absarokae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), France (4), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (71: Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 80 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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