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Didelphia (disused)
Taxonomy
Didelphia was named by Cope (1889). It is extant.
It was reranked as the superorder Didelphia by Hay (1902); it was reranked as the suborder Didelphii by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the subclass Didelphia by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Cope (1889), Hay (1902); to Haplodonti by Jaekel (1911); to Mammalia by Hay (1930); and to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was reranked as the superorder Didelphia by Hay (1902); it was reranked as the suborder Didelphii by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the subclass Didelphia by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Cope (1889), Hay (1902); to Haplodonti by Jaekel (1911); to Mammalia by Hay (1930); and to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Didelphia Cope |
| 1902 | Didelphia Hay p. 563 |
| 1911 | Didelphii Jaekel p. 206 |
| 1930 | Didelphia Hay p. 385 |
| 1997 | Didelphia McKenna and Bell p. 51 |
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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.
Unr. Didelphia Cope 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available