- 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...
-
suggest that they are less
closely related to
modern marsupials than
herpetotheriids are.
Cladogram after: Williamson,
Thomas E.; Brusatte,
Stephen L.;...
- 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...
-
other faunas were
recovered form
Lavergne along with
Idicia such as the
herpetotheriid Peratherium,
nyctithere Saturninia,
omomyid Necrolemur, carnivoraforme...
- deltatheridiid.
Nortedelphys N.
jasoni (= N. intermedius)
Montana South Dakota A
herpetotheriid.
Pediomys P.
elegans Montana South Dakota A pediomyid. Protalphadon...
-
survival chances of
small mammals,
undercut the
Grande Coupure paradigm.
Herpetotheriids, cainotheriids, dormice, and
theridomyids survived the
Grande Coupure...
- the
aforementioned species from the
region in MP16
along with the
herpetotheriids Amphiperatherium and Peratherium,
apatemyid Heterohyus, nyctithere...
-
considered scansorial, the fact that the
relatively closely related herpetotheriids were
terrestrial may
suggest a
similar lifestyle,
though the lack of...
