Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Full reference: J. A. Case, F. J. Goin, and M. O. Woodburne. 2004. "South American" marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America and the origin of marsupial cohorts. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 11(3/4):223-255
Parent taxon: Herpetotheriidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2006
See also Case et al. 2004, Horovitz et al. 2009 and Williamson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Amphiperatherium, Asiadidelphis, Copedelphys, Galatiadelphys, Golerdelphys, Herpetotherium, Peratherium, Rumiodon, Swaindelphys, Thylacodon
Subtaxa: Nortedelphys jasoni Nortedelphys magnus Nortedelphys minimus
Type: Nortedelphys magnus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (9: Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences
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