Anatoliadelphys Maga and Beck 2017 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Anatoliadelphyidae

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Full reference: A. M. Maga and R. M. D. Beck. 2017. Skeleton of an unusual, cat-sized marsupial relative (Metatheria: Marsupialiformes) from the middle Eocene (Lutetian: 44-43 million years ago) of Turkey. PLoS One 12:e0181712:1-74

Parent taxon: Anatoliadelphyidae according to G. Métais et al. 2018

See also Maga and Beck 2017

Sister taxon: Orhaniyeia

Subtaxa: Anatoliadelphys maasae

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Type: Anatoliadelphys maasae

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at AK-33 at Memlik (Eocene of Türkiye)

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