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Anchistodelphys ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4831525https://www.gbif.org/species/4831525
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39940https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39940
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Asiatheriidae : Anchistodelphys
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Anchistodelphys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
genusAnchistodelphysCifelli 1990
Scientific NameAnchistodelphys Cifelli, 1990
Name Published InJ Vertebr Paleontol 10 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to Marsupialiastated without evidenceCifelli, 1990
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to Metatheriastated with evidenceCifelli, 1993
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to MarsupialiaimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to Ameridelphiastated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to Peradectidaestated without evidenceGoin et al., 2006
Anchistodelphysgenusbelongs to Metatheriastated without evidenceWilliamson et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Metatheria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. II. Marsupials and marsupial-like mammals from the Wahweap Formation (early Campanian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):320-331

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anchistodelphys archibaldi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		383.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchistodelphys delicatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		193.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1990Anchistodelphys Cifelli
1993Anchistodelphys Cifelli p. 9415
1997Anchistodelphys McKenna and Bell
2004Anchistodelphys Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 449 fig. 12.8C
2006Anchistodelphys Goin et al.
2012Anchistodelphys Williamson et al.

References

Cifelli R. L. (1990) Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. II. Marsupials and marsupial-like mammals from the Wahweap Formation (early Campanian), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10 3, 320-331
Cifelli R. L. (1993) Early Cretaceous mammal from North America and the evolution of marsupial dental characters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 90 20, 9413-9416
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630
Goin F. J., Pascual R., et al (2006) The earliest Tertiary therian mammal from South America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2, 505-510
Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L., et al (2012) The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4, 625-651
J Vertebr Paleontol 10 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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