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Didelphinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57522https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57522
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Didelphinae
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
-Marsupialia
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
familyDidelphidaeGray 1821
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Didelphinaesubfamilybelongs to Didelphidaestated without evidenceClemens, 1979
Didelphinaesubfamilybelongs to Didelphidaestated with evidenceHooker, 1986
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)30
Extant Size (PBDB)21 (70%)
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Didelphidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore, carnivore (based on Didelphidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Hooker. 1986. Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Didelphini
tribe
listed (PBDB)3111.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Metachirini
tribe
listed (PBDB)40.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Chacodelphys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Hyladelphys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Incadelphys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mirandaia
genus
listed (PBDB)
Mizquedelphys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1825Didelphina Gray p. 340
1827Didelphinae Gray
1979Didelphinae Clemens p. 193
1983Didelphinae Krishtalka and Stucky p. 207
1986Didelphinae Hooker p. 212
1996Didelphinae Patton et al. p. 4

References

Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478
Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344
Krishtalka L., Stucky R. K. (1983) Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 3. Marsupialia, Annals of Carnegie Museum 52 9, 205-227
Patton J. L., dos Reis S. F., et al (1996) Relationships among didelphid marsupials based on sequence variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome B gene, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3 1, 3-29
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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