Anatoliadelphyidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Eocene {{fossilrange|Lutetian}}

| image = Anatoliadelphys.png

| image_upright = 1.5

| image_caption = Holotype skeleton of Anatoliadelphys, scale bar = 5 cm

| taxon = Anatoliadelphyidae

| authority = Métais et al. 2018

| subdivision = *Anatoliadelphys

}}

Anatoliadelphyidae is an extinct family of metatherian mammals, endemic to the Pontide terrane (forming part of what is now modern Anatolia), during the Middle Eocene (Lutetian), around 43 million years ago, when the terrane formed an island landmass with an insular endemic fauna, which also included herpetotheriid and polydolopimorphian metatherians, as well as archaic pleuraspidotheriid ungulates and enigmatic insectivores.{{Cite journal|last1=Métais|first1=Grégoire|last2=Coster|first2=Pauline M.|last3=Kappelman|first3=John R.|last4=Licht|first4=Alexis|last5=Ocakoğlu|first5=Faruk|last6=Taylor|first6=Michael H.|last7=Beard|first7=K. Christopher|date=2018-11-14|title=Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=13|issue=11|pages=e0206181|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0206181|issn=1932-6203|pmc=6235269|pmid=30427946|doi-access=free }} The cat-sized Anatoliadelphys is the best known member, and is thought to have been a carnivore or omnivore.{{Cite journal |last1=Maga |first1=A. Murat |last2=Beck |first2=Robin M. D. |date=2017-08-16 |editor-last=Evans |editor-first=Alistair Robert |title=Skeleton of an unusual, cat-sized marsupial relative (Metatheria: Marsupialiformes) from the middle Eocene (Lutetian: 44-43 million years ago) of Turkey |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=e0181712 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0181712 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5559079 |pmid=28813431 |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Metatheria

Category:Prehistoric mammal families