†subfamily Herpetotheriinae Troussart 1879 (opossum)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Parent taxon: Didelphidae according to M. R. Dawson and K. N. Constenius 2018
See also Gunnell 2010
Sister taxa: Caluromyinae, Caroloameghiana, Cladodidelphys, Cryptonanus, Dasyurina, Derorhynchinae, Didelphinae, Dimerodon, Eobrasiliinae, Hyladelphinae, Marmosinae, Marmosops, Marmosopsini, Peratotherium, Sparassocyninae, Sparassocynini, Thlaeodontinae, Thylamyinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Herpetotheriinae in the database