†family Protodidelphidae Marshall 1987 (marsupial)
Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Protodidelphidae
Parent taxon: Ameridelphia according to E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin 2011
See also Goin et al. 1999, Goin et al. 1998 and Ladaveze and Muizon 2010
Sister taxa: Derorhynchidae, Didelphimorphia, Marambiotherium, Sternbergiidae
Subtaxa: Bergqvistherium Carolocoutoia Guggenheimia Periprotodidelphis Protodidelphis
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
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