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Didelphodus

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Didelphodus was named by Cope (1882). It is not extant. Its type is Deltatherium absarokae. It is the type genus of Didelphodontinae.

It was assigned to Proviverridae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Didelphodontinae by Hay (1930) and Van Valen (1967); to Cimolestidae by Lopatin (2006); and to Cimolestidae by Cope (1882), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Didelphodus Cope
1892Didelphodus Scott p. 311
1902Didelphodus Hay p. 753
1923Didelphyodus Winge
1930Didelphodus Hay p. 432
1967Didelphodus Van Valen
1997Didelphodus McKenna and Bell
2006Didelphodus Lopatin
2012Didelphodus Rose et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDidelphodontinaeMatthew 1918
genusDidelphodusCope 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Didelphodus Cope 1882
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†Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881
†Didelphodus rheos Storer 1995
†Didelphodus serus Storer 1984
Invalid names: Didelphyodus Winge 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-16 19:28:33
Modified: 2011-04-16 04:29:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Meehan and Martin 2010, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Duchesnean or 55.80000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) D. sp. (35533 35535)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (38868)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (15917)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) D. absarokae (15491 15493 15504 15507 15510 15522 15531 15534 15546 15548 15552 15553 15554 15558 15560 15573 15575 15578 15687 15694 15756 15934 15994 16018 16021 16055 46692 46780 46807 46810 46820 46845) D. sp. (15559 15576 15580 15892 15964 16074 46690) D. ventanus (15910)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) D. sp. (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) D. absarokae (15220 15231 15485 15725 15845 15887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (15690 154257 154262 154276)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) D. absarokae (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) D. sp. (79200)
MP 10 - MP 1155.8 - 40.4France D. sp. (183396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (16204)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) D. serus (16626)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) D. sp. (16845 16846)