| Asiatheriidae | |
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| Ventral view of the skull of Asiatherium reshetovi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Metatheria |
| Clade: | Marsupialiformes |
| Order: | †Asiadelphia |
| Family: | †Asiatheriidae Trofimov and Szalay, 1994 |
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Asiatheriidae is a family of extinct metatherians in the order Asiadelphia known from Cretaceous Asia.[1] Different from the Ameridelphia, they lacked a prominent distolateral process on the scaphoid bone and possessed a more slender fibula. Their dentition is different from most other marsupials.[2]
Taxonomy and history
The groupings Asiatheriidae and Asiadelphia were first proposed in 1994 with the description of Asiatherium reshetovi based on a skeletal specimen from Mongolia.[1]
References
- 1 2 Trofimov, Boris A.; Szalay, Frederick S. (1994). "New Cretaceous marsupial from Mongolia and the early radiation of Metatheria". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. 91 (26): 12569–12573. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.26.12569. PMC 45480.
- ↑ Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia; Cifelli, Richard L.; Luo, Zhe-Xi (2004). Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure. Columbia University Press. pp. 451–452. ISBN 9780231119184. OCLC 61160163.
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