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Eodelphis

Osteichthyes - Stagodontidae

Taxonomy

Eodelphis was named by Matthew (1916). Its type is Eodelphis browni.

It was assigned to Cimolestidae by Matthew (1916); to Didelphidae by Simpson (1928); to Pediomyinae by Simpson (1929); to Didelphinae by Hay (1930); to Stagodontidae by Clemens (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Fox and Naylor (2006), Davis (2007); and to Stagodontidae by Williamson et al. (2012), Wilson et al. (2016).

Species

E. browni (type species), E. cutleri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Eodelphis Matthew p. 482
1928	Eodelphis Simpson p. 147
1929	Eodelphis Simpson pp. 127-129
1930	Eodelphis Hay p. 393
1979	Eodelphis Clemens p. 193
1997	Eodelphis McKenna and Bell
2004	Eodelphis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 459-461 fig. 12.14B,C
2006	Eodelphis Fox and Naylor p. 16
2007	Eodelphis Davis p. 218
2012	Eodelphis Williamson et al.
2016	Eodelphis Wilson et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
family	Stagodontidae	Marsh 1889
genus	Eodelphis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eodelphis Matthew 1916

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†Eodelphis browni Matthew 1916

†Eodelphis cutleri Woodward 1916

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

carnivoref

Diet 2:

durophagef

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-07 08:58:59

Modified:

2007-06-17 13:19:32

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Fox and Naylor 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Edmontonian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Canada (Alberta)	E. sp. (14425 14426)
Judithian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	Cimolestes cutleri, E. browni (14485) E. cutleri (14471 14481) E. sp. (14451)
Judithian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	E. sp. (14467)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	E. browni (35511 227125)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Montana)	E. sp. (14482)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	E. sp. (45564 45565)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Montana)	Boreodon matutinus (14446) E. sp. (14450 14462 14470 14490 14492)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	E. sp. (45758)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	E. cutleri (14502)
Edmontonian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Mexico)	E. sp. (14496)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	E. sp. (183109)