Biology:Asiadelphia

Asiadelphia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Campanian) 89.3–70.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Infraclass:	Metatheria
Order:	†Asiadelphia Trofimov and Szalay, 1994
Family:	†Asiatheriidae Trofimov and Szalay, 1994
Genera
†Kokopellia juddi Cifelli 1993 †Asiatherium reshetovi Trofimov & Szalay 1994

Asiadelphia ("Asian opossum") is an order of Cretaceous Metatherians. Different from the Ameridelphia, they lacked a prominent distolateral process on the scaphoid, and possessed a more slender fibula. The masseteric fossa is deeper in this group than the true Marsupials.

Further reading

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 15, 451-452.

Wikidata ☰ Q577459 entry