Arcantiodelphys
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{{Taxobox
| name = Arcantiodelphys
| fossil_range = Upper Cretaceous
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| subclassis = Theria
| infraclassis = Metatheria
| unranked_subordo = Marsupialiformes
| genus = Arcantiodelphys
| genus_authority = Vullo et al., 2009
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- A. marchandi Vullo et al., 2009 (type)
}}
Arcantiodelphys is an extinct genus of basal Metatheria which existed in France during the Cenomanian age.{{cite journal |author1=Romain Vullo |author2=Emmanuel Gheerbrant |author3=Christian de Muizon |author4=Didier Néraudeau |year=2009 |title=The oldest modern therian mammal from Europe and its bearing on stem marsupial paleobiogeography |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=106 |issue=47 |pages=19910–19915 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0902940106 |pmid=19892730 |pmc=2785266|bibcode=2009PNAS..10619910V |doi-access=free }} It was first named by Romain Vullo, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Christian de Muizon and Didier Néraudeau in 2009 and the type species is Arcantiodelphys marchandi.
Phylogeny
Cladogram after Vullo et al. (2009).
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|label3=Metatheria
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|1=Sinodelphys
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References
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Category:Prehistoric metatherians
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2009
Category:Cretaceous mammals of Europe
Category:Monotypic prehistoric mammal genera
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