- opossums. They are
suggested to have been insectivores.
Fossils of
herpetotheriids come from
North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and
perhaps South America...
- opossum-like
herpetotheriids and
peradectids persisted into the
Miocene before becoming extinct, with the
North American herpetotheriid Herpetotherium...
-
Galatiadelphys is an
extinct genus of
herpetotheriid that
inhabited Turkey during the
Eocene epoch. It
contains a
single species, G. minor. Métais, Grégoire;...
-
suggest that they are less
closely related to
modern marsupials than
herpetotheriids are.
Cladogram after: Williamson,
Thomas E.; Brusatte,
Stephen L.;...
-
perissodactyl Leptictidium, a
small mammal,
likely bipedal Peratherium, a
herpetotheriid Hesperocyon, a
canid Eocene birds include some
enigmatic groups with...
- the
European herpetotheriid Amphiperatherium, the
peradectids Siamoperadectes and
Sinoperadectes from Asia, and the
possible herpetotheriid Morotodon from...
- Leptalestes, the
stagodontid Didelphodon, the
deltatheridiid Nanocuris, the
herpetotheriid Nortedelphys, and the
glasbiid Glasbius. A few
eutherians are known...
- deltatheridiid.
Nortedelphys N.
jasoni (= N. intermedius)
Montana South Dakota A
herpetotheriid.
Pediomys P.
elegans Montana South Dakota A pediomyid. Protalphadon...
-
Thylacopygmaeus is an
extinct genus of
herpetotheriid that
lived in
Brazil during the
Early Eocene. It
contains a
single species,
Thylacopygmaeus oliveirai...
-
survival chances of
small mammals,
undercut the
Grande Coupure paradigm.
Herpetotheriids, cainotheriids, dormice, and
theridomyids survived the
Grande Coupure...
