primate
Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...
species, see:
list of fossil primates
This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits. However, the precise source of the p ...
Tricuspes
''Tricuspes'' is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived in what would be Europe during the Triassic from 203.6 to 199.6 mya, existing for approximately . Three species are known: ''Tricuspes tubingensis'' (Huene, 1933), ''Tricuspes sigogneaua ...
'' von Huene 1933
*Genus †''
Hadrocodium
''Hadrocodium wui'' is an extinct mammaliaform that lived during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic approximately in the Lufeng Formation of the Lufeng Basin in what is now the Yunnan province in south-western China
(, paleocoordina ...
'' Luo, Crompton & Sun 2001
*Genus †''
Fruitafossor
''Fruitafossor'' was a termite-eating mammal endemic to North America during the Late Jurassic epoch (around 150 mya).
The description is based on a complete skeleton of a chipmunk-sized animal.
It was discovered on March 31, 2005, in Fruita, ...
Dinnetherium
''Dinnetherium'' is an extinct genus of morganucodont mammaliaform that is part of the monotypic order Dinnetheria and is also part of the monotypic family Dinnetheriidae.A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2011. Phylogeny of Triconodonts and Symm ...
Morganucodonta
Morganucodonta (" Glamorgan teeth") is an extinct order of basal Mammaliaformes, a group including crown-group mammals (Mammalia) and their close relatives. Their remains have been found in Southern Africa, Western Europe, North America, India a ...
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*Genus †''
Bridetherium
''Bridetherium'' is an extinct genus of morganucodontan from Early Jurassic deposits of southern Wales, United Kingdom. ''Bridetherium'' is known from some isolated upper and lower molariform. It was collected in the Pant Quarry, Vale of Glamorg ...
'' Clemens 2011
*Genus †''
Hallautherium
''Hallautherium'' is an extinct genus of morganucodont mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of Europe. The type species ''H. schalchi'' is known from the Klettgau Formation
The Klettgau Formation is a geological formation in Switzerland. It is L ...
'' Clemens 1980
*Genus †'' Paceyodon'' Clemens 2011
*Genus †'' Purbeckodon'' Butler et al. 2012
*Genus †'' Rosierodon'' Debuysschere, Gherrbrant & Allain 2014
*Family † Megazostrodontidae Cow 1986 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo 2004
**Genus †''
Wareolestes
''Wareolestes rex'' ("Ware's Brigand king") is a mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) rocks of England and Scotland. It was originally known from isolated teeth from England, before a more complete jaw with teeth was found in the Ki ...
Megazostrodon
''Megazostrodon'' is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms belonging to the order Morganucodonta. It is approximately 200 million years old.
Eozostrodon
''Eozostrodon'' is an extinct morganucodont mammaliaform. It lived during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic. ''Eozostrodon'' is known from disarticulated bones from Wales and South West England and estimated to have been less than in head ...
'' Parrington 1941
**Genus †''
Morganucodon
''Morganucodon'' ("Glamorgan tooth") is an early mammaliaform genus that lived from the Late Triassic to the Middle Jurassic. It first appeared about 205 million years ago. Unlike many other early mammaliaforms, ''Morganucodon'' is well represent ...
'' Kühne 1949
Order †
Docodonta
Docodonta is an order of extinct mammaliaforms that lived during the Mesozoic, from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. They are distinguished from other early mammaliaforms by their relatively complex molar teeth, from which the order ...
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
Cyrtlatherium
''Cyrtlatherium'' is a dubious genus of extinct docodontan mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic rocks of Oxfordshire, England. As it is only known from a few isolated molar teeth, there is disagreement about whether ''Cyrtlatherium'' is a separ ...
'' Freeman 1979 sensu Sigogneau-Russell 2001
**Genus †''
Haldanodon
''Haldanodon'' is an extinct docodont mammaliaform which lived in the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian, about 145 million years ago). Its fossil remains have been found in Portugal, in the well-known fossil locality of Guimarota, which is in the Al ...
'' Kühne & Krusat 1972 sensu Sigoneau-Russell 2003
**Genus †''
Borealestes
''Borealestes'' was a genus of docodontan from the Middle Jurassic of Britain, first discovered on the Isle of Skye near the village of Elgol. It was the earliest mammaliaform from the Mesozoic found and named in Scotland. A second species and ...
'' Waldman & Savage 1972
**Genus †'' Dsugarodon'' Pfretzschner et al. 2005 'Acuodulodon''_Hu,_Meng_&_Clark_2007.html" ;"title="Acuodulodon.html" ;"title="'Acuodulodon">'Acuodulodon'' Hu, Meng & Clark 2007">Acuodulodon.html" ;"title="'Acuodulodon">'Acuodulodon'' Hu, Meng & Clark 2007**Genus †''Castorocauda'' Ji et al. 2006
**Genus †''Simpsonodon'' Kermack et al. 1987
**Genus †''Krusatodon'' Sigogneau-Russell 2003
**Genus †''Hutegotherium'' Averianov et al. 2010
**Genus †''
Tashkumyrodon
''Tashkumyrodon'' is an extinct mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan It is named after the town of Tash-Kömür, near where the original specimen was found. It belongs to the order Docodonta and is ...
Reigitherium
''Reigitherium'' was a mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous, in the (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian). Its fossils have been found in the Los Alamitos and the La Colonia Formations of Argentina.
Description
The original specimen of ''Rei ...
'' Bonaparte 1990
**Genus †''
Peraiocynodon
''Peraiocynodon'' is an extinct mammaliaform from the order Docodonta, found in the Middle Jurassic rocks of the United Kingdom. It is only known from isolated molar teeth found in the mammal bed at Kirtlington cement quarry in Oxfordshire, Engla ...
'' Simpson 1928
**Genus †''
Docodon
''Docodon'' (meaning 'beam tooth') was a mammaliaform from the Late Jurassic of western North America. It was the first docodontan cynodont to be named.
Description
''Docodon'' was the first docodontan cynodont found and named, and later gave ...
Kuehneotherium
''Kuehneotherium'' is an early mammaliaform genus, previously considered a holothere, that lived during the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Epochs and is characterized by reversed-triangle pattern of molar cusps. Although many fossils have been f ...
Eutriconodonta
Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The order was named by Kermack ''et al.'' in 1973 as a replacement name for t ...
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Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-J ...
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Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...
Amphidontidae
The Amphidontidae are a family of extinct mammals from the Early Cretaceous, belonging to the triconodonts. It contains most of the species previously belonged to Amphilestidae.
Phylogeny
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "bran ...
Simpson 1925
**Genus †''
Acinacodus
''Acinacodus'' is an extinct genus of amphidontid "eutriconodont" which existed in Shestakovo 1 locality in Western Siberia, Russia during the early Cretaceous period. It was described by A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko and A. O. Averianov in 201 ...
Amphidon
''Amphidon'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. It is present in stratigraphic zone 5.Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World''. Indiana Univer ...
Condorodon
''Condorodon'' is a genus of extinct mammals from the Lower Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The type species is ''C. spanios'', described by Gaetano and Rougier in 2012.
Classification ...
Yanoconodon
''Yanoconodon'' is a monotypic genus of extinct early mammal whose representative species ''Yanoconodon allini'' lived during the Mesozoic in what is now China. The holotype fossil of ''Yanoconodon'' was excavated in the Yan Mountains about ...
'' Ji, Luo & Ji 1999
*Family †
Klameliidae
The Klameliidae is a family of extinct mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their ...
Martin & Averianov 2007
**Genus †'' Ferganodon'' Thomas & Averianov 2006
**Genus †'' Klamelia'' Chow & Rich 1984
*Family †
Gobiconodontidae
Gobiconodontidae is a family of extinct mammals that ranged from the mid-Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous, though most common during the Early Cretaceous. The Gobiconodontids form a diverse lineage of carnivorous non-therian mammals, and inc ...
Chow & Rich 1984 sensu Luo, Kielan-Jaworowska & Cifelli 2002
**Genus †'' Huasteconodon'' Montellano, Hopson & Clark 2008
**Genus †'' Meemannodon'' Meng et al. 2005
**Genus †'' Spinolestes'' Martin et al. 2015
**Genus †'' Hangjinia'' Godefroit & Guo 1999
**Genus †''
Gobiconodon
''Gobiconodon'' is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. It weighed , had a skull of in length, and had in presacral body length. It was one of the largest mammals known from the Mesozoic. Like o ...
'' Trofimov 1978 sensu Kielen-Jaworowsky & Dashzeveg 1998 'Guchinodon''_Trofimov_1978;_''Guchinodon.html" ;"title="Guchinodon.html" ;"title="'Guchinodon">'Guchinodon'' Trofimov 1978; ''Guchinodon">Guchinodon.html" ;"title="'Guchinodon">'Guchinodon'' Trofimov 1978; ''Guchinodon'' Trofomiv 1974 nomen nudum]
**Genus †''Repenomamus'' Li et al. 2001
*Clade †Volaticotheria Meng et al. 2006 emend. Meng et al. 2007
**Genus †''Volaticotherium'' Meng et al. 2006 emend. Meng et al. 2007
**Genus †'' Ichthyoconodon'' Sigogneau-Russell 1995
**Genus †'' Argentoconodon'' Rougier et al. 2007
**Genus †''
Jugulator
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Priacodon
''Priacodon'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic eutriconodont mammal from the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal and the Morrison Formation of the midwestern United States.
It is present in stratigraphic zones 4–6 of the latter.Foster, J. (2007 ...
'' Marsh 1887 'Tinodon''.html"_;"title="Tinodon.html"_;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''">Tinodon.html"_;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''**Subfamily_†Triconodontinae.html" ;"title="Tinodon">'Tinodon''.html" ;"title="Tinodon.html" ;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''">Tinodon.html" ;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''**Subfamily †Triconodontinae">Tinodon">'Tinodon''.html" ;"title="Tinodon.html" ;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''">Tinodon.html" ;"title="'Tinodon">'Tinodon''**Subfamily †Triconodontinae Marsh 1887 non Hay 1902
***Genus †''Triconodon'' Owen 1859 [''Triacanthodon'' Owen 1871]
***Genus †''Trioracodon'' Simpson 1928 non Owen 1871
**Subfamily †Alticonodontinae Fox 1976
***Genus †''
Meiconodon
''Meiconodon'' is an extinct genus of alticonodontine triconodontid which existed in China during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian/Albian age). It was described by Nao Kusuhashi, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Satoshi Hirasawa and Hiroshige Mats ...
'' Kusuhashi et al. 2009
***Genus †'' Arundelconodon'' Cifelli et al. 1999
***Genus †'' Astroconodon'' Patterson 1951
***Genus †'' Alticonodon'' Fox 1969
***Genus †'' Corviconodon'' Cifelli, Wible & Jenkins 1998
Symmetrodonta
Symmetrodonta is a group of Mesozoic mammals and mammal-like synapsids characterized by the triangular aspect of the molars when viewed from above, and the absence of a well-developed talonid. The traditional group of 'symmetrodonts' ranges in a ...
Magnimus
''Magnimus'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Southern England. The type and only species is ''Magnimus ensomi'', described in 1999 by Denise Sigogneau-Russell for molars from the Berriasian Lulworth Formation. The sp ...
'' Sigogneau-Russell 1999
*Genus †''
Nanolestes
''Nanolestes'' is an extinct genus of mammals in the order Amphitheriida from the Late Jurassic of Eurasia. Two species, ''N. krusati'' and ''N. drescherae'' are known from the Alcobaça Formation in Portugal. Another species, ''N. mackennai'', w ...
'' Martin 2002
*Family † Arguimuridae Dashzeveg 1994 Dashzeveg 1994">rguitheriidae Dashzeveg 1994**Genus †'' Arguimus'' 1979 'Arguitherium''_Dashzeveg_1994.html" ;"title="Arguitherium.html" ;"title="' 'Arguitherium''_Dashzeveg_1994">Arguitherium.html"_;"title="'Arguitherium">'Arguitherium''_Dashzeveg_1994*Family_†Mozomuridae.html" ;"title="Arguitherium">'Arguitherium'' Dashzeveg 1994">Arguitherium.html" ;"title="'Arguitherium">'Arguitherium'' Dashzeveg 1994*Family †Mozomuridae">Arguitherium">'Arguitherium'' Dashzeveg 1994">Arguitherium.html" ;"title="'Arguitherium">'Arguitherium'' Dashzeveg 1994*Family †Mozomuridae Li et al. 2005
**Genus †''Mozomus'' Li et al. 2005
Pseudotribos
''Pseudotribos'' ("false chewing") is an extinct genus of mammal that lived in Northern China during the Middle Jurassic some , possibly more closely related to monotremes than to theria (placental and marsupial mammals), although other studies i ...
'' Luo, Ji & Yuan 2007
Order †
Ausktribosphenida
Ausktribosphenidae is an extinct family of australosphenidan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Australia and mid Cretaceous of South America.
Classification and taxonomy
Ausktribosphenidae is closely related to monotremes and hence the two f ...
Bishops
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
'' Rich et al. 2001
**Genus †'' Ausktribosphenos'' Rich et al. 1997
*Family † Henosferidae Rougier et al. 2007
**Genus †''
Henosferus
''Henosferus'' is an extinct genus of australosphenidan mammal from Lower Jurassic of Argentina. The only recorded species, ''Henosferus molus'', was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Chubut Province
Ch ...
'' Rougier et al. 2007
**Genus †'' Asfaltomylos'' Rauhut et al. 2002
**Genus †'' Ambondro'' Flynn et al. 1999
Recent
The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Present (), after the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene togethe ...
*Genus †''
Teinolophos
''Teinolophos'' is a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, from the Teinolophidae. It is known from four specimens, each consisting of a partial lower jawbone collected from the Wonthaggi Formation at Flat Rocks, Victoria, Aus ...
'' Rich et al. 1999
*Genus †'' Kryoryctes'' Pridmore et al. 2005
*Family † Kollikodontidae Flannery et al. 1995
**Genus †'' Kollikodon'' Flannery et al. 1995
*Family
Ornithorhynchidae
The Ornithorhynchidae are one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contain the platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas. Within the Ornithorhynchidae are the genera '' Monotrem ...
Steropodon
''Steropodon'' is a genus of prehistoric monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It contains a single species, ''Steropodon galmani'', that lived about 105 to 93.3 million years ago (mya) in the Early to Late Cretaceous period. It is one of the oldest m ...
'' Archer et al. 1985
**Genus †''
Obdurodon
''Obdurodon'' is a genus of extinct platypus-like Australian monotreme which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Late Miocene. Three species have been described in the genus, the type species ''Obdurodon insignis'', plus ''Obdurodon dicksoni'' a ...
Allotheria
Allotheria (meaning "other beasts", from the Greek , '–other and , '–wild animal) is an extinct branch of successful Mesozoic mammals. The most important characteristic was the presence of lower molariform teeth equipped with two longitudin ...
Order †
Haramiyida
Haramiyida ("thief" from Arabic الحرامية (al ḥarāmiyah), "thief, bandit") is a possibly polyphyletic order of mammaliaform cynodonts or mammals of controversial taxonomic affinites. Their teeth, which are by far the most common remai ...
Haramiyavia
''Haramiyavia'' ("thief grandmother" from Arabic الحرامية (al ḥarāmiyah), "thief, '' Haramiya''" + Latin avia, "grandmother") is a genus of synapsid in the clade Haramiyida that existed about 200 million years ago in the Rhaetian st ...
'' Jenkins et al. 1997
*Family † Eleutherodontidae Kermack et al. 1998 Zheng et al. 2013; Euharamiyida Bi et al. 2014; Eleutherodontida Kermack et al. 1998">rboroharamiyidae Zheng et al. 2013; Euharamiyida Bi et al. 2014; Eleutherodontida Kermack et al. 1998**Genus †''
Megaconus
''Megaconus'' is an extinct genus of allotherian mammal from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. The type and only species, ''Megaconus mammaliaformis'' was first described in the journal ''Nature'' in 2013. ''Me ...
'' Zhou et al. 2013
**Genus †''
Shenshou
''Shenshou'' is a genus of haramiyidan dating from the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago. Fossils were recovered from the Tiaojishan Formation in the Liaoning province of China.
Etymology
The generic ...
'' Bi et al. 2014
**Genus †''
Arboroharamiya
''Arboroharamiya'' ("tree thief" from Latin arbor, "tree" + Arabic الحرامية (al ḥarāmiyah), "thief, '' Haramiya''") is an extinct genus of early mammal (or possibly a non-mammalian mammaliaform) from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Form ...
'' Zheng et al. 2013
**Genus †''
Eleutherodon
''Kermackodon'' is an extinct genus of allotherian mammal, known from the Middle Jurassic of England. It combines features of multituberculates with those of euharamyidans. The remains of type species, ''K. multicuspis'' were collected from Kirtl ...
'' Kermack et al. 1998
**Genus †'' Xianshou'' Bi et al. 2014
**Genus †''
Sineleutherus
''Sineleutherus'' is an extinct genus of euharamiyids which existed in Asia during the Jurassic period. The type species is ''Sineleutherus uyguricus'', which was described by Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner i ...
Theroteinus
''Theroteinus'' is an extinct genus of haramiyidan mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of France and Britain. It contains three species: ''T. nikolai,'' ''T. rosieriensis'' and ''T. jenkinsi'', the former two of which are known exclusively from ...
'' Sigogneau-Russell, Frank & Hammerle 1986
*Family † Thomasiidae Poche 1908 Simpson 1947 sensu Jenkins et al. 1997; Microlestidae Murry 1866; Microcleptidae Simpson 1928">aramiyidae Simpson 1947 sensu Jenkins et al. 1997; Microlestidae Murry 1866; Microcleptidae Simpson 1928**Genus †'' Eoraetica''
**Genus †'' Avashishta'' Anantharaman & al. 2006
**Genus †'' Allostaffia'' Heinrich 2004 'Staffia''_Heinrich_1999__non_Schubert_1911.html" ;"title="Staffia.html" ;"title="' 'Staffia''_Heinrich_1999__non_Schubert_1911">Staffia.html"_;"title="'Staffia">'Staffia''_Heinrich_1999__non_Schubert_1911**Genus_†''Thomasia_(mammal).html" ;"title="Staffia">'Staffia'' Heinrich 1999 non Schubert 1911">Staffia.html" ;"title="'Staffia">'Staffia'' Heinrich 1999 non Schubert 1911**Genus †''Thomasia (mammal)">Thomasia'' Poche 1908 [''Haramiya'' Simpson 1947; ''Hypnoprymnopsis'' Dawkins 1864; ''Microlestes (mammal), Microlestes'' Plieninger 1847 non Schmidt Goebel 1846; ''Microcleptes (mammal), Microcleptes'' Simpson 1928 non Newman 1840; '' Plieningeria'' Krausse 1919; '' Stathmodon'' Henning 1911]
Order †
Multituberculata
Multituberculata (commonly known as multituberculates, named for the multiple tubercles of their teeth) is an extinct order of rodent-like mammals with a fossil record spanning over 130 million years. They first appeared in the Middle Jurassic, a ...
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
–
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
*Genus †'' Argillomys'' Cifelli, Gordon & Lipka 2013
*Genus †''
Janumys erebos
''Janumys'' is a genus of extinct mammal of the middle Cretaceous. It was a member of the order of Multituberculata (also extinct). It lived in North America during the Mesozoic era, also known as the "age of the reptiles." It has been provisio ...
'' Eaton & Cifelli 2001
*Genus †''
Xyronomys
''Xyronomys'' is an extinct genus of small mammals from the Paleocene of North America, with two described species. The genus lies within the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Neoplagiaulacidae.
The spe ...
'' Rigby 1980
*Family †
Plagiaulacidae
Plagiaulacidae is a family of fossil mammals within the order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous of North America and Europe. They were among the more derived representatives of the informal subo ...
Eobaataridae
Eobaataridae is a family of fossil mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their youn ...
Glirodon
''Glirodon'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Jurassic. It was a relatively early member of the also-extinct order of Multituberculata, suborder "Plagiaulacida". These mammals lived in North America during the Mesozoic, also known ...
Mojo
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'' Hahn, LePage & Wouters 1987
**Genus †''
Rugosodon
''Rugosodon'' is an extinct genus of multituberculate (rodent-like) mammals from eastern China that lived 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The discovery of its type species and currently only known species ''Rugosodon eurasiaticu ...
'' Yuan et al. 2013
**Family †
Hahnodontidae
Hahnodontidae is a family of extinct mammaliaforms from Early Cretaceous deposits in Morocco and the Western United States. Although originally considered to belong to the extinct clade Multituberculata, recent work indicates that hahnodontid ...
Sigigneau-Russell 1991
**Family †
Pinheirodontidae
Pinheirodontidae is a poorly known family of fossil mammals which belong to the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida" within the order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe, (predominantly Portuga ...
Hahn & Hahn 1999
**Family †
Paulchoffatiidae
Paulchoffatiidae is a family of extinct mammals that lived predominantly during the Upper Jurassic period, though a couple of genera are known from the Early Cretaceous. Fossils have been reported from Europe (Portugal, Spain, Germany and Engla ...
Hahn 1969 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997
*Suborder †
Gondwanatheria
Gondwanatheria is an extinct group of mammaliaforms that lived in parts of Gondwana, including Madagascar, India, South America, Africa and Antarctica during the Upper Cretaceous through the Paleogene (and possibly much earlier, if '' Allostaf ...
**Family †
Ferugliotheriidae
Ferugliotheriidae is one of three known families in the order Gondwanatheria, an enigmatic group of extinct mammals. Gondwanatheres have been classified as a group of uncertain affinities or as members of Multituberculata, a major extinct mammal ...
Bonaparte 1986
**Family †
Sudamericidae
Sudamericidae is a family of gondwanathere mammals that lived during the late Cretaceous to Miocene. Its members include '' Lavanify'' and ''Vintana'' from the Cretaceous of Madagascar, '' Bharattherium'' (=''Dakshina'') from the Cretaceous of I ...
Cimolodonta
Cimolodonta is a taxon of extinct mammals that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. They were some of the more derived members of the extinct order Multituberculata. They probably lived something of a rodent-like existence until their ...
**Genus †''
Ameribaatar
''Ameribaatar'' is an extinct mammal of the Late Cretaceous. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in North America during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs". Whether it belongs to Plagiaulac ...
Bryceomys
''Bryceomys'' is an extinct mammal that lived during the late Cretaceous period (between 100 and 66 million years ago) and thus shared the world with dinosaurs. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It was within the subo ...
Viridomys
''Viridomys'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata, and lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs." It's within the suborder o ...
Cimolomyidae
Cimolomyidae is a family of fossil mammal within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of North America and perhaps Mongolia. The family is part of the suborder Cimolodonta. Oth ...
Marsh 1889 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001
**Family †
Kogaionidae
Kogaionidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of Europe. Having started as island endemics on Hateg Island during the Upper Cretaceous, ...
Ptilodontoidea
Ptilodontoidea is a group of extinct mammals from the Northern Hemisphere.
They were generally small, somewhat rodent-like creatures of the extinct order Multituberculata.
Some of these genera boast a great many species, though remains are gen ...
Cope 1887 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997 & Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001
***Genus †''
Neoliotomus
''Neoliotomus'' is a genus of North American mammal from the Paleocene. It existed in the age immediately following the extinction of the last dinosaurs and was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It lies within the suborder Cimo ...
'' Jepsen 1930
***Family †
Cimolodontidae
Cimolodontidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America. The family Cimolodontidae was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 18 ...
Marsh 1889 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001
***Family †
Ptilodontidae
Ptilodontidae is a family of primitive mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America.
The Ptilodontidae family was originally named Ptilodontinae and class ...
Cope 1887 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997
**Superfamily †
Taeniolabidoidea
Taeniolabidoidea is a group of extinct mammals known from North America and Asia. They were the largest members of the extinct order Multituberculata, as well as the largest non-therian mammals. ''Lambdopsalis'' even provides direct fossil eviden ...
Taeniolabididae
Taeniolabididae is one of the two multituberculate clades within Taeniolabidoidea. Originally basically synonymous with Taeniolabidoidea, it has more recently been found to be a specific clade including '' Kimbetopsalis'', ''Taeniolabis'' and som ...
Djadochtatheria
Djadochtatherioidea is a group of extinct mammals known from the upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. They were members of an also extinct order called Multituberculata. These were generally somewhat rodent-like creatures, who scurried around d ...
Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 1997]
***Genus †''
Bulganbaatar
''Bulganbaatar'' is a Central Asian mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous. It existed in the company of dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It's within the suborder Cimolodonta and is a member of the ...
'' Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
***Genus †''
Nemegtbaatar
''Nemegtbaatar'' is a genus of mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. It existed in the company of much larger dinosaurs, found together in the Nemegt Basin. This creature was a member of the extinct order Multitubercu ...
'' Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
***Genus †''
Pentacosmodon
''Pentacosmodon'' is a mammal genus from the Paleocene of North America, so it lived somewhat after the "age of the dinosaurs". It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It's within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Microcosmodonti ...
'' Jepsen 1940
***Family †
Chulsanbaataridae
''Chulsanbaatar'' is a genus of mammal from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. It lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs." This small creature was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata and is within the su ...
Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
***Family †
Sloanbaataridae
Sloanbaataridae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. These small herbivores lived during the "age of the dinosaurs". This family is part of the suborder ...
Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
***Family †
Djadochtatheriidae
Djadochtatheriidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. These animals lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs". This fam ...
Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 1997
Subclass
Theria
Theria (; Greek: , wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes. Theria includes the eutherians (including the placental mammals) and the metatherians (including the marsupials) but excludes the egg-laying monotremes.
...
Araeodon
''Paurodon'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation of the Western United States.
Taxonomy
''Paurodon'' is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. ''Araeodon'', ''Archaeotrigon'', ''Foxraptor'', ...
Dietrich
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietri ...
Drescheratherium
''Drescheratherium'' is an extinct genus of mammal from the Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota of Leiria, Portugal. It is represented by fairly complete upper jaws with teeth. It bears elongated upper canines, though not to the ...
'' Krebs 1998
**Genus †''
Euthlastus
''Euthlastus'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation.
Present in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and ...
Tathiodon
''Tathiodon'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation.
Present in stratigraphic zone 5.Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their Wo ...
'' (Simpson 1927) Simpson 1927 'Tanaodon''_Simpson1927_non_Kirk_1927;_''Pelicopsis.html" ;"title="Tanaodon.html" ;"title="'Tanaodon">'Tanaodon'' Simpson1927 non Kirk 1927; ''Pelicopsis">Tanaodon.html" ;"title="'Tanaodon">'Tanaodon'' Simpson1927 non Kirk 1927; ''Pelicopsis'' Simpson 1927]
*Family †Vincelestidae Bonaparte 1986
**Genus †''Vincelestes'' Bonaparte 1986
*Family †Picopsidae Fox 1980
**Genus †''Picopsis'' Fox 1980
**Genus †'' Tirotherium'' Montellano-Ballesteros & Fox 2015
Order †
Spalacotheriida
Symmetrodonta is a group of Mesozoic mammals and mammal-like synapsids characterized by the triangular aspect of the molars when viewed from above, and the absence of a well-developed talonid. The traditional group of 'symmetrodonts' ranges in ...
*Genus †'' Gobiotheriodon'' Trofimov 1997 sensu Averianov 2002 'Gobiodon''_Trofimov_1980_non_Bleeker_1856.html" ;"title="Gobiodon.html" ;"title="'Gobiodon">'Gobiodon'' Trofimov 1980 non Bleeker 1856">Gobiodon.html" ;"title="'Gobiodon">'Gobiodon'' Trofimov 1980 non Bleeker 1856
*Genus †''Maotherium'' Rougier, Ji & Novacek 2003
*Family †Thereuodontidae Sigogneau-Russell 1998
**Genus †''Thereuodon'' Sigogneau-Russell 1987
*Family †Zhangheotheriidae Rougier, Ji & Novacek 2003
**Genus †''
Zhangheotherium
''Zhangheotherium'' is a genus of symmetrodont, an extinct order of mammals. Previously known from only the tall pointed crowned teeth, ''Zhangheotherium'', described from Liaoning Province, China, fossils in 1997, is the first symmetrodont kno ...
Tinodon
''Tinodon'' is an extinct genus of mammal alive 155–140.2 million years ago ( Oxfordian-Berriasian) which has been found in the Morrison Formation ( United States),Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Fo ...
Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the paraphyletic group ' Symmetrodonta'. They lasted from the Early Cretaceous to the Campanian in North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Spalacotheriids are characterised by h ...
Spalacotherium
''Spalacotherium'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. The type species ''Spalacotherium tricuspidens'' was originally named by Richard Owen in 1854, and its material includes maxillary and dentary fragments an ...
Meridiolestida
Meridiolestida is an extinct clade of mammals known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of South America and possibly Antarctica. They represented the dominant group of mammals in South America during the Late Cretaceous. Meridiolestidans were morph ...
*Genus †''
Leonardus
''Leonardus'' is an extinct mammal genus from the Late Cretaceous ( Late Santonian to Maastrichtian) of South America.
Mesungulatoidea
Meridiolestida is an extinct clade of mammals known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of South America and possibly Antarctica. They represented the dominant group of mammals in South America during the Late Cretaceous. Meridiolestidans were mo ...
**Family †
Reigitheriidae
''Reigitherium'' was a mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous, in the (Late Campanian- Maastrichtian). Its fossils have been found in the Los Alamitos and the La Colonia Formations of Argentina.
Description
The original specimen of ''R ...
Bonaparte 1990
***Genus †''
Reigitherium
''Reigitherium'' was a mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous, in the (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian). Its fossils have been found in the Los Alamitos and the La Colonia Formations of Argentina.
Description
The original specimen of ''Rei ...
Mesungulatidae
Mesungulatidae is an extinct clade of meridiolestidan dryolestoid mammals from the Late Cretaceous of South America and possibly other Gondwannan landmasses. They are particularly notable for their ecological speciation and large size.
Characte ...
Bonaparte 1986 sensu Rougier et al. 2009
***Genus †''
Coloniatherium
''Coloniatherium'' is a meridiolestid mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. The single species, ''Coloniatherium cilinskii'', was a large member of the family Mesungulatidae.
Taxonomy
''Coloniatherium'' was named in 2009 by Guiller ...
'' Rougier et al. 2009
***Genus †'' Mesungulatum'' Bonaparte & Soria 1985
*Family † Austrotriconodontidae Bonaparte 1992
**Genus †''
Austrotriconodon
''Austrotriconodon'' is a mammal genus from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of South America. It currently contains only the type species, ''A. mckennai''. Originally assumed to be a eutriconodont, more recent studies have recovered it as a meri ...
'' Bonaparte 1986b
Order †
Dryolestida
Dryolestida is an extinct order of mammals, primarily and possibly exclusively known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. They are considered members of the clade Cladotheria, close to the ancestry of therian mammals. It is also believed that they ...
Phascolestes
''Phascolestes'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous Southern England. The type and only species is ''Phascolestes mustelulus'', which was named by Richard Owen in 1871 for dental material from the Lulwo ...
Laolestes
''Laolestes'' is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their Wo ...
'' Simpson 1927
**Genus †''
Melanodon
''Laolestes'' is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World ...
Laolestes
''Laolestes'' is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their Wo ...
*Family †Amphitheriidae Owen 1846
**Genus †'' Amphibetulimus'' Lopatin & Averianov 2007
**Genus †'' Amphitherium'' de Blainville 1838 non Owen 1845 non von Meyer 'Amphigonus''_Agassiz_1838;_''Amphitylus.html" ;"title="Amphigonus.html" ;"title="'Amphigonus">'Amphigonus'' Agassiz 1838; ''Amphitylus">Amphigonus.html" ;"title="'Amphigonus">'Amphigonus'' Agassiz 1838; ''Amphitylus'' Osborn 1888; ''Botheratiotherium'' de Blainville 1838; ''Heterotherium'' de Blainville 1838 non Fischer de Waldheim 1822; '' Thylacotherium'' Valenciennes 1838]
Order †
Peramurida
The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. They are considered to be advanced cladotherians closely related to therian mammals as part of Zatheria
Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes rank ...
*Family †
Peramuridae
The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name), is the earlie ...
Aegialodon
''Aegialodon dawsoni'' is an extinct mammal from the early Cretaceous, known from fossilised teeth discovered in the Wadhurst Clay Formation (dating to about 136 million years ago) near Cliff End, Hastings, East Sussex
Hastings () is a la ...
Pappotheriidae
''Pappotherium'' is an extinct genus of mammals from the Albian (early Cretaceous) of Texas, US, known from a fossilized maxilla fragment bearing two tribosphenic molars, discovered within the Glen Rose Formation near Decatur, Wise County, Texas ...
Slaughter 1965
**Genus †''
Paraisurus
''Paraisurus'' is an extinct genus of Lamniformes, mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains four valid species, which have been found in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. A fifth species, ''P. amudarjensis'', is no ...
'' non Glikman 1957
**Genus †''
Pappotherium
''Pappotherium'' is an extinct genus of mammals from the Albian (early Cretaceous) of Texas, US, known from a fossilized maxilla fragment bearing two tribosphenic molars, discovered within the Glen Rose Formation near Decatur, Wise County, Texas ...
Metatheria
Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive group than the marsupials; it contains all marsupials as w ...
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...
Pucadelphys
''Pucadelphys'' is an extinct genus of non-marsupial metatherian. The genus contains a single species, ''P. andinus''. Fossils of ''Pucadelphys'' have been found in the Santa Lucía Formation in Tiupampa in Bolivia.
'' Marshall & de Muizon 1988
*Genus †'' Andinodelphys'' Marshall & de Muizon 1988
*Genus †'' Szalinia'' de Muizon & Cifelli 2001
*Genus †''
Djarthia
''Djarthia'' is an extinct monotypic genus of marsupial. It is the oldest marsupial found in Australia, discovered at the Murgon fossil site in south-eastern Queensland.
''D.'' ''murgonensis'' was described from material identified as Ear ...
Herpetotherium
''Herpetotherium'' is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal, belonging to the possibly paraphyletic family Herpetotheriidae. Native to North America from the Eocene to Early Miocene, fossils have been found in California, Oregon, Texas, Florida ...
'' Cope 1873
**Genus †''
Amphiperatherium
''Amphiperatherium'' is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal, closely related to marsupials. It ranged from the Early Eocene to the Middle Miocene in Europe. It is the most recent metatherian known from the continent.
Description
Like modern ...
Hondadelphys
''Hondadelphys'' is an extinct genus of carnivorous sparassodonts, known from the Middle Miocene of Colombia. The type species, ''H. fieldsi'', was described in 1976 from the fossil locality of La Venta, which hosts fossils from the Villavieja F ...
Ameridelphia
Ameridelphia is traditionally a superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the Monito del monte (''Dromiciops''). It is now regarded as a paraphyletic group.
Orders
The orders within this group are listed below:
* ...
incertae sedis
*Genus †'' Adelodelphys'' Cifelli 2004
*Genus †'' Apistodon'' Davis 2007
*Genus †''
Cocatherium
''Cocatherium'' is an extinct genus of marsupial mammals of uncertain family placement, from the earliest Paleocene ( early Danian) of South America, predating the Tiupampan South American land mammal age. The genus was described based on ...
Protalphadon
''Protalphadon'' is a genus of small mammal from the late Cretaceous. Its fossils are found in Utah, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. Originally the genus was assigned to ''Alphadon
''Alphadon'' (meaning "first tooth") ...
Clemensia
''Clemensia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Packard in 1864.
Species
References
* , 1983: Description de nouvelles Lithosiinae de la Guyana Française (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Annales de la Socié ...
Deltatheridiidae
Deltatheridiidae is an extinct family of basal carnivorous metatherians that lived in the Cretaceous and were closely related to marsupials. Their fossils are restricted to Central Asia (Mongolia and Uzbekistan) and North America (United States - ...
Nanocuris
''Nanocuris'' is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from the Cretaceous of Canada (Saskatchewan) and United States ( Wyoming - Lance Formation).R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and H. N. Bryant. 2007. A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Creta ...
Deltatheridium
''Deltatheridium'' (meaning ''triangle beast'' or ''delta beast'') is an extinct species of metatherian. It lived in what is now Mongolia during the Upper Cretaceous, ''circa'' 80 million years ago. A study in 2022 strongly suggested that De ...
'' Gregory & Simpson 1926
**Genus †''
Sulestes
''Sulestes'' is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from Cretaceous of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic= ...
Asiatheriidae
Asiatheriidae ("Asian opossums") is an family of Cretaceous metatherians in the order Asiadelphia. Different from the Ameridelphia, they lacked a prominent distolateral process on the scaphoid, and possessed a more slender fibula. The masse ...
Asiatherium
''Asiatherium'' is an extinct genus of mammal, probably belonging to Metatheria. It lived during the Late Cretaceous, and its fossilized remains were discovered in Mongolia.
Description
Skull of ''Asiatherium'' is in length. This animal was r ...
'' Trofimov & Szalay 1994 [''
Asiatherium
''Asiatherium'' is an extinct genus of mammal, probably belonging to Metatheria. It lived during the Late Cretaceous, and its fossilized remains were discovered in Mongolia.
Description
Skull of ''Asiatherium'' is in length. This animal was r ...
'' Trofimov & Cuny 1993 (nomen nudum)]
Order †Alphadontia
*Family †Alphadontidae Marshall, Case & Woodburne 1990
**Genus †''Eoalphadon'' Eaton 2009
**Genus †''Albertatherium'' Fox 1971
**Genus †''
Alphadon
''Alphadon'' (meaning "first tooth") is an extinct genus of small, primitive mammal that was a member of the metatherians, a group of mammals that includes modern-day marsupials. Its fossils were first discovered and named by George Gaylord Simp ...
'' Simpson 1927
*Family † Pediomyidae Simpson 1927 Davis 2007">quiladelphidae Davis 2007**Genus †'' Monodelphopsis'' de Paula Couto 1952 microbiotheriid (Marshall et al. 1990)**Genus †'' Aletridelphys'' Davis 2007 'Protolambda''_Osborn_1898;_''Synconodon.html" ;"title="Protolambda.html" ;"title="'Protolambda">'Protolambda'' Osborn 1898; ''Synconodon">Protolambda.html" ;"title="'Protolambda">'Protolambda'' Osborn 1898; ''Synconodon'' Osborn 1898]
**Genus †''Leptalestes'' Davis 2007
**Genus †''Aquiladelphis'' Fox 1971
**Genus †''Pediomys'' Marsh 1889
*Family †Stagodontidae Marsh 1889 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997
**Genus †'' Boreodon'' Lambe 1902 (nomen dubium)
**Genus †'' Pariadens'' Cifelli & Eaton 1987
**Genus †'' Delphodon'' Simpson 1927
**Genus †'' Eodelphis'' Matthew 1916
**Genus †'' Didelphodon'' Marsh 1889 'Diaphorodon''_Archer_1869;_''Stagodon.html" ;"title="Diaphorodon.html" ;"title="'Diaphorodon">'Diaphorodon'' Archer 1869; ''Stagodon">Diaphorodon.html" ;"title="'Diaphorodon">'Diaphorodon'' Archer 1869; ''Stagodon'' Marsh 1889; ''Thlaeodon'' Cope 1892; ''Ectoconodon'' Osborn 1898; ''Didelphops'' Marsh 1889]
Hondalagus
''Hondalagus'' is an extinct genus of marsupial mammals that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch (Laventan) in South America. Their fossils were found in the Honda Group at Quebrada Honda, in southern Bolivia.
'' Villarroel & Marshall 1988
***Genus †'' Argyrolagus'' Ameghino 1904 'Microtragulus''_Ameghino_1904_McKenna_&_Bell_1997.html" ;"title="Microtragulus.html" ;"title="'Microtragulus">'Microtragulus'' Ameghino 1904 McKenna & Bell 1997">Microtragulus.html" ;"title="'Microtragulus">'Microtragulus'' Ameghino 1904 McKenna & Bell 1997***Genus †''Microtragulus'' Ameghino 1904 ['' Argyrolagus'' Ameghino 1904 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997]
Peradectes
''Peradectes'' is an extinct genus of small metatherian mammals known from the CretaceousKorth, W. W. (2008). Marsupialia. In C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, & M. D. Uhen (Eds.)Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 2, Small Mammals, ...
'' Matthew & Granger 1921 'Thylacodon''_Matthew_&_Granger_1921.html" ;"title="Thylacodon.html" ;"title="'Thylacodon">'Thylacodon'' Matthew & Granger 1921">Thylacodon.html" ;"title="'Thylacodon">'Thylacodon'' Matthew & Granger 1921
Mayulestes
''Mayulestes'' (Quechua: ''mayu'' river, + Greek: ''lestes'', thief) is a genus of carnivorous metatherian that lived in what is now Tiupampa, Bolivia in the early Paleocene. It shared its habitat with fellow sparrasodont ''Pucadelphys
''Pucad ...
'' de Muizon 1994
**Genus †'' Allqokirus'' Marshall & de Muizon 1988
*Family †
Proborhyaenidae
Proborhyaenidae is an extinct family of metatherian mammals of the order Sparassodonta, which lived in South America from the Eocene ( Mustersan) until the Oligocene (Deseadan). Sometimes it has been included as a subfamily of their relatives, th ...
Arminiheringia
''Arminiheringia'' is an extinct genus of sparassodont. It lived during the Early Eocene in South America.
Description
This animal had an exceptionally robust skull with strong teeth. The lower canines were exceptionally long and projected ...
Anachlysictis
''Anachlysictis gracilis'' is an extinct carnivorous mammal belonging to the group Sparassodonta, which were metatherians (a group including marsupials and their close relatives) that inhabited South America during the Cenozoic. ''Anachlysictis' ...
Borhyaenidae
Borhyaenidae is an extinct metatherian family of low-slung, heavily built predatory mammals in the order Sparassodonta. Borhyaenids are not true marsupials, but members of a sister taxon, Sparassodonta. Like most metatherians, borhyaenids and o ...
Fredszalaya
''Fredszalaya'' is an extinct genus of omnivorous mammal, belonging to the order Sparassodonta. It lived during the Late Oligocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.
Description
It was a relatively small-sized animal ...
*Family †Derorhynchidae Marshall 1987
**Genus †'' Minusculodelphis'' de Paula Couto 1962
**Genus †'' Derorhynchus'' de Paula Couto 1952
*Family † Sparassocynidae Reig 1958 sensu Archer 1984
**Genus †'' Sparassocynus'' Mercerat 1898 'Perazoyphium''_Cebrera_1928.html" ;"title="Perazoyphium.html" ;"title="' 'Perazoyphium''_Cebrera_1928">Perazoyphium.html"_;"title="'Perazoyphium">'Perazoyphium''_Cebrera_1928
*Family_Didelphidae.html" ;"title="Perazoyphium">'Perazoyphium'' Cebrera 1928">Perazoyphium.html" ;"title="'Perazoyphium">'Perazoyphium'' Cebrera 1928
*Family Didelphidae">Perazoyphium">'Perazoyphium'' Cebrera 1928">Perazoyphium.html" ;"title="'Perazoyphium">'Perazoyphium'' Cebrera 1928
*Family Didelphidae Gray 1821 (American opossums)
**Genus †''Incadelphys'' Marshall & de Muizon 1988
**Genus †''Coona'' Simpson 1938
**Genus †''Sairadelphys'' Oliveira et al. 2011
**Subfamily †Eobrasiliinae Marshall 1987
***Genus †'' Tiulordia'' Marshall & de Muizon 1988
***Genus †'' Eobrasilia'' Simpson 1947
***Genus †'' Gaylordia'' de Paula Couto 1952 'Xenodelphis''_de_Paula_Couto_1962.html" ;"title="Xenodelphis.html" ;"title="' 'Xenodelphis''_de_Paula_Couto_1962">Xenodelphis.html"_;"title="'Xenodelphis">'Xenodelphis''_de_Paula_Couto_1962***Genus_†''Didelphopsis.html" ;"title="Xenodelphis">'Xenodelphis'' de Paula Couto 1962">Xenodelphis.html" ;"title="'Xenodelphis">'Xenodelphis'' de Paula Couto 1962***Genus †''Didelphopsis">Xenodelphis">'Xenodelphis'' de Paula Couto 1962">Xenodelphis.html" ;"title="'Xenodelphis">'Xenodelphis'' de Paula Couto 1962***Genus †''Didelphopsis'' de Paula Couto 1952
**Subfamily Didelphinae Grey 1821
***Tribe Didelphini Grey 1821
****Genus †''Hyperdidelphys'' Ameghino 1904 [''Paradidelphys'' Ameghino 1904; ''Cladodidelphys'' Ameghino 1904]
****Genus †''
Thylophorops
''Thylophorops'' is an extinct genus of didelphine opossums from the Pliocene of South America. Compared to their close didelphine cousins like the living '' Philander'' and ''Didelphis'' (and like the still living '' Lutreolina'') opossums, '' ...
Paucituberculata
Paucituberculata is an order of South American marsupials. Although currently represented only by the seven living species of shrew opossums, this order was formerly much more diverse, with more than 60 extinct species named from the fossil re ...
Caenolestidae
The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. The order is thought to have diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very e ...
*Family †Protodidelphidae Marshall 1987
**Genus †'' Carolocoutoia'' Goin, Oliveira & Candela 1998
**Genus †'' Bobbschaefferia'' de Paula Couto 1970 Schaefferia''_Paula_Couto_1952_non_Absolon_1900_non_Houbert_1918;_''Depaulacoutonia.html" ;"title="Schaefferia_(mammal).html" ;"title="'Schaefferia (mammal)">Schaefferia'' Paula Couto 1952 non Absolon 1900 non Houbert 1918; ''Depaulacoutonia">Schaefferia_(mammal).html" ;"title="'Schaefferia (mammal)">Schaefferia'' Paula Couto 1952 non Absolon 1900 non Houbert 1918; ''Depaulacoutonia'' Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000]
**Genus †''Zeusdelphys'' Marshall 1982
**Genus †''Periprotodidelphis'' Oliveira & Goin 2011
**Genus †''Protodidelphis'' de Paula Couto 1952 Robertbutleria''_Marshall_1987.html" ;"title="' Robertbutleria'' Marshall 1987">' Robertbutleria'' Marshall 1987**Genus †'' Guggenheimia'' de Paula Couto 1952
**Genus †'' Reigia'' Pascual 1983
*Superfamily † Polydolopoidea Ameghino 1897 sensu Clemens & Marshall 1976
**Genus †'' Rosendolops'' Goin & Candela 1996
**Genus †'' Ectocentrocristus'' Rigby & Wolberg 1987 sensu Case, Goin & Woodburne 2005
**Family † Sillustaniidae Crochet & Sigé 1996
***Genus †'' Sillustania'' Crochet & Sigé 1996
**Family † Bonapartheriidae Pascual 1980 Pascual & Bond 1981 non Marshall 1982">pidolopinae Pascual & Bond 1981 non Marshall 1982***Genus †'' Epidolops'' de Paula Couto 1952 sensu Goin & al 2003
***Genus †'' Bonapartherium'' Pascual 1980
**Family † Prepidolopidae Pascual 1980
***Genus †'' Prepidolops'' Pascual 1980
***Genus †'' Wamradolops'' Goin & Candela 2004
***Genus †'' Incadolops'' Goin & Candela 2004
**Family † Polydolopidae Ameghino 1897 Ameghino 1902">romysopidae Ameghino 1902***Genus †'' Roberthoffstetteria'' Marshall, de Muizon & Sigé 1983 sensu Goin & al 2003
***Subfamily Parabderitinae Marshall 1980 sensu McKenna & Bell 1997
****Genus †'' Parabderites'' Ameghino 1902 Tideus''_Ameghino_1890_non_Koch_1837;_''Mannodon.html" ;"title="Tideus_(mammal).html" ;"title="'Tideus (mammal)">Tideus'' Ameghino 1890 non Koch 1837; ''Mannodon">Tideus_(mammal).html" ;"title="'Tideus (mammal)">Tideus'' Ameghino 1890 non Koch 1837; ''Mannodon'' Ameghino 1893]
***Subfamily Polydolopinae Ameghino 1897 sensu Pascual & Bond 1981
****Genus †''Polydolops'' Ameghino 1897 [''Pliodolops'' Ameghino 1902; '' Orthodolops'' Ameghino 1903; '' Anissodolops'' Ameghino 1903; '' Archaeodolops'' Ameghino 1903; ''
Antarctodolops
''Antarctodolops'' is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums. It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populat ...
Yalkaparidontia
''Yalkaparidon'' is an extinct genus of Australian marsupials, first described in 1988 and known only from the Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia.
Species
Two species, ''Y. coheni'' and ''Y. jonesi'', hav ...
*Family †
Yalkaparidontidae
''Yalkaparidon'' is an extinct genus of Australian marsupials, first described in 1988 and known only from the Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia.
Species
Two species, ''Y. coheni'' and ''Y. jonesi'', ha ...
Archer, Hand & Godthelp 1988
**Genus †''
Yalkaparidon
''Yalkaparidon'' is an extinct genus of Australian marsupials, first described in 1988 and known only from the Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia.
Species
Two species, ''Y. coheni'' and ''Y. jonesi'', ha ...
Naraboryctes
''Naraboryctes philcreaseri'' is a fossil species of marsupial found at early Miocene deposits of Boodjamulla National Park of Riversleigh area, northwestern Queensland, Australia.
Taxonomy
It was first named by Michael Archer, Robin Beck, ...
Nimbacinus
The genus ''Nimbacinus'' contains two species of carnivorous, quadrupedal marsupials in Australia both of which are extinct:
* ''Nimbacinus dicksoni'' Muirhead & Archer, 1990
* ''Nimbacinus richi'' Murray & Megirian, 2000
The name of the genu ...
Tyarrpecinus
''Tyarrpecinus rothi'' is an extinct thylacinid marsupial that lived during the late Miocene and has been found at the Alcoota scientific reserve in the Northern Territory. The specific name honors Karl Roth for his contributions to the natural ...
'' Murray & Megirian 2000
**Genus †''
Thylacinus
''Thylacinus'' is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the thylacine (''Thylacinus cynocephalus''), commonly also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, which is believed t ...
Ganbulanyi
''Ganbulanyi djadjinguli'' is a fossil species of Miocene dasyurid, described in 1998 and assigned to a new genus. The dentition has characteristics exhibited by mammals known as bone-crackers, a type of durophagy in which the animal is able to o ...
Barinya
''Barinya'' is a fossil genus from the marsupial family Dasyuridae, which contains the oldest known undoubted dasyurid.
The principal differences between ''Barinya'' and more recent dasyurids are in the dentition and skull morphology, with ''Bar ...
Peramelemorphia
The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies; it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores. All members of the order are endemic to the twin land masses of Australia- New Guinea and most have the character ...
*Genus †''
Crash
Crash or CRASH may refer to:
Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...
Paleocene–Recent
*Family †Thylacaelurinae Van Valen 1967
**Genus †''Thylacaelurus'' Russell 1954
*Family †Plagiomenidae Matthew 1918
**Genus †''Eudaemonema'' Simpson 1935
**Genus †''Elpidophorus'' Simpson 1927
**Subfamily †Plagiomeninae Matthew & Granger 1918
***Tribe †Worlandiini Bown & Rose 1979
****Genus †''Planetetherium'' Simpson 1928
****Genus †''Worlandia'' Bown & Rose 1979
***Tribe †Plagiomenini
****Genus †''Ellesmene'' Dawson et al. 1993
****Genus †''Plagiomene'' Matthew 1918
*Family †Mixodectidae Cope 1883 [Oldobotidae Schlosser 1907]
**Genus †''Dracontolestes'' Gazin 1941
**Genus †''Mixodectes'' Cope 1883 [''Indrodon'' Cope 1884; ''Olbodotes'' Osborn 1902]
*Family Cynocephalidae Simpson 1945 [Colugidae Miller 1906; Galeopithecidae Gray 1821; Galeopteridae Thomas 1908; Pleuropteridae Burnett 1829; Pterocebineae Lesson 1840]
**Genus †''Progaleopithecus'' Ameghino 1904
**Genus †''Dermotherium'' Durcrocq et al. 1992
**Genus †''Cynocephalus'' Boddaert 1768 non St. Hilaire & Cuvier 1795 non Swainson 1835 [''Colugo'' Gray 1870; ''Dermopterus'' Burnett 1829; ''Galeolemur'' Lesson 1840; ''Galeopithecus'' Pallas 1783; ''Galeopus'' Rafinesque 1815; ''Pleuropterus'' Burnett 1829] (Philippine flying lemur)
**Genus †''Galeopterus'' Thomas 1908 (Cobego, Sunda/Malayan Flying Lemur)
Order Chiroptera
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
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Note: The "condylarths" are considered paraphyletic, i.e. a grouping of early ungulate-like mammals not necessarily closely related.
Paleocene–
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
–
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
* List of placental mammals (living species)
* List of monotremes and marsupials (living species)
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