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, 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
Type: Sinodelphys szalayi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi (Cretaceous of China)
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