†family Pappotheriidae Slaughter 1965 (metatherian)
Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pappotheriidae
Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1965. A therian from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Texas. Postilla 93:1-18
Parent taxon: Metatheria according to B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli 2011
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Slaughter 1965 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anatoliadelphyidae, Archaeonothos, Asiadelphia, Deltatheroida, Fieratherium, Jaskhadelphyidae, Marsupialiformes, Mayulestidae, Pucadelphyda
Subtaxa: Pappotherium
Type: Pappotherium
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas collections), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences