Hondadelphys
Hondadelphys Temporal range: Mid-Miocene 13–12 Ma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Metatheria |
Order: | Sparassodonta |
Family: | Hondadelphidae Marshall et al. 1990 |
Genus: | Hondadelphys Marshall, 1976 |
Type species | |
Hondadelphys fieldsi Marshall, 1976 |
Hondadelphys fieldsi is an extinct carnivorous sparassodont, known from the mid-Miocene of Colombia. H. fieldsi, was described in 1976 from the La Venta fossil deposit, part of the Villavieja Formation[1] Hondadelphys was originally interpreted as belonging to the opossum family Didelphidae, but subsequently assigned to its own family, Hondadelphidae and interpreted as a basal sparassodont.[2] The genus name refers to the town of Honda, Tolima, combined with delphys (Greek for "possum")
References
- ↑ Marshall, Larry G. (1976). "New Didelphine Marsupials from the La Venta Fauna (Miocene) of Colombia, South America". Journal of Paleontology 50 (3): 402–418. doi:10.2307/1303521. JSTOR 1303521.
- ↑ Goin, Francisco (2003). "Early Marsupial Radiations in South America". In Jones, Menna; Archer, Mike; Dickman, Chris. Predators with Pouches : The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials. Collingwood (Victoria): CSIRO. ISBN 0643066349.
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