Sinodelphys Luo et al. 2003 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: Z.-X. Luo, Q. Ji, J. R. Wible and C.-X. Yuan. 2003. An Early Cretaceous tribosphenic mammal and metatherian evolution. Science 302:1934-1939

Parent taxon: Eutheria according to S. Bi et al. 2018

See also Luo et al. 2003, Wang et al. 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Insectivora, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae

Subtaxa: Sinodelphys szalayi

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Type: Sinodelphys szalayi

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi (Cretaceous of China)

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