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Hyperdidelphys

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hyperdidelphys Ameghino p. 111
1904Paradidelphys Ameghino p. 114
1914Hyperdidelphys Rovereto p. 145
1914Paradidelphys Rovereto p. 146
1988Hyperdidelphys Carroll
1988Paradidelphys Carroll
1997Hyperdidelphys 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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
tribeDidelphiniCrochet 1979
genusHyperdidelphys

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.

G. †Hyperdidelphys Ameghino 1904
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†Hyperdidelphys acutidens Ameghino 1904
†Hyperdidelphys dimartinoi Goin and Pardiñas 1996
†Hyperdidelphys inexpectata Ameghino 1889
†Hyperdidelphys parvula Ameghino 1904
Invalid names: Paradidelphys Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Lujanian or 7.24600 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) H. pattersoni (87201)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) H. pattersoni (151499 152061) H. sp. (206031)
Huayquerian - Montehermosan8.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) H. pattersoni (206027)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) H. pattersoni (140932)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) H. pattersoni (198820)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. inexpectata (196694)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. inexpectata (191766 191769) H. parvula (191768)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. inexpectata (152081 152085 152088 198687) H. inexpectata, H. parvula (198863) H. parvula (198824) H. sp., H. inexpectata, H. parvula (13503)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Paradidelphys pattersonii (157795)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. dimartinoi (198852 198854) H. parvula (207596) H. sp. (199154 199156)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. inexpectata, H. parvula (202096)