Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1994. Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):376-397
Parent taxon: Herpetotheriidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2012
See also Korth 1994, Korth et al. 2022 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amphiperatherium, Asiadidelphis, Galatiadelphys, Golerdelphys, Herpetotherium, Nortedelphys, Peratherium, Rumiodon, Swaindelphys, Thylacodon
Subtaxa: Copedelphys stevensoni Copedelphys titanelix
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (7: Montana)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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