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Monodelphini

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Monodelphini was named by Hershkovitz (1992). It is extant.

It was assigned to Marmosinae by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Monodelphini Hershkovitz
1996Monodelphini Patton et al. p. 4
1997Monodelphini McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMonodelphiniHershkovitz 1992
tribeMonodelphiniHershkovitz 1992

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Monodelphini Hershkovitz 1992
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G. Monodelphis Burnett 1830 [short-tailed opossum]
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Monodelphis adusta Thomas 1897 [Sepia short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis americana Müller 1776 [Northern three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner 1847 [Yellow-sided opossum]
Monodelphis domestica Wagner 1842 [gray short-tailed opposum]
Monodelphis emiliae Thomas 1912 [Emilia's short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis fosteri Thomas 1924
Monodelphis glirina Wagner 1842 [Amazonian red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis iheringi Thomas 1888 [Iherings three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis kunsi Pine 1975 [Pygmy short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis maraxina Thomas 1923 [Marajó short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis osgoodi Doutt 1938 [Osgoods short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis palliolata Osgood 1914 [Hooded red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis peruviana Cabrera and Yepes 1940
Monodelphis rubida Thomas 1899 [Chestnut-striped opossum]
Monodelphis scalops Thomas 1888 [Long-nosed short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis sorex Hensel 1872 [Southern red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis theresa Thomas 1921
Monodelphis umbristriata Miranda-Ribeiro 1936 [Red three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis unistriata Wagner 1842 [One-striped opossum]
G. †Thylatheridium Reig 1952
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†Thylatheridium hudsoni Goin and Montalvo 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 315.922 gs
Minimum body mass: 270.216 gs
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:48:59
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:48:59
Source: s = species, subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997, Dozo 1989

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Thylatheridium dolgopolae (151500) Thylatheridium dolgopolae, Thylatheridium hudsoni (87198 151498 151499) Thylatheridium hudsoni (140925) Thylatheridium sp. (204598) Thylatheridium sp., Thylatheridium dolgopolae, Thylatheridium hudsoni (152061)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) Thylatheridium dolgopolae (140932)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Monodelphis sp. (182165)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thylatheridium pascuali (152081 198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thylatheridium cristatum (199155)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Monodelphis domestica (92813)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Monodelphis domestica (211822) Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis kunsi (211820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis kunsi (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Monodelphis domestica (71332 71334)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Monodelphis sp. (211634)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Monodelphis sp. (211631)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Monodelphis brevicaudata (21687)