Asiatherium Trofimov and Szalay 1994 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: B. A. Trofimov and F. S. Szalay. 1994. New Cretaceous marsupial from Mongolia and the early radiation of Metatheria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91:12569-12573

Parent taxon: Marsupialiformes according to G. P. Wilson et al. 2016

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Martin and Rauhut 2005, Szalay and Trofimov 1996, Trofimov and Szalay 1994 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Adelodelphys, Alphadontidae, Anchistodelphys, Arcantiodelphys, Archimetatheria, Bistius, Dakotadens, Iugomortiferum, Kokopellia, Marsupialia, Pediomyoidea, Polydolopimorphia, Protalphadon, Sinbadelphys, Sparassodonta, Stagodontidae

Subtaxa: Asiatherium reshetovi

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Type: Asiatherium reshetovi

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Udan-Sayr (PIN Loc. 3907) [MPE/SMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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