Didelphodon Marsh 1889 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Stagodontidae

Synonyms: Diaphorodon Simpson 1927, Didelphops Marsh 1889, Ectoconodon Osborn 1898, Stagodon Marsh 1889

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:81-92

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

See also Alroy 2002, Clemens 1966, Clemens 1979, Fox and Naylor 2006, Goin et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Marsh 1889, Marsh 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sahni 1972, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929, Sloan and Van Valen 1965, Williamson et al. 2012 and Wood and Ormsbee 1954

Sister taxa: Eobrasilia, Eodelphis, Fumodelphodon, Hoodootherium, Pariadens

Subtaxa: Didelphodon coyi Didelphodon padanicus Didelphodon vorax Ectoconodon montanensis Stagodon tumidus

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Type: Didelphodon vorax

Ecology: aquatic durophage

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (14: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (71: Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 85 collections including 96 occurrences

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