Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and J. G. Eaton. 1987. Marsupial from the earliest Late Cretaceous of Western US. Nature 325(6104):520-522
Parent taxon: Stagodontidae according to G. P. Wilson et al. 2016
See also Cifelli 2004, Cifelli and Eaton 1987, Fox and Naylor 2006, Goin et al. 2006, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Williamson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Didelphodon, Eobrasilia, Eodelphis, Fumodelphodon, Hoodootherium
Subtaxa: Pariadens kirklandi Pariadens mckennai
Type: Pariadens kirklandi
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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