Arcantiodelphys

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{{Taxobox

| name = Arcantiodelphys

| fossil_range = Upper Cretaceous

| image =

| image_caption =

| 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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|1={{clade

|1=Peramus

|label2=Boreosphenida

|2={{clade

|1=Kielantherium

|2={{clade

|1=Holoclemensia

|label2=Eutheria

|2={{clade

|1=Maelestes

|2=Prokennalestes }}

|label3=Metatheria

|3={{clade

|1=Sinodelphys

|2={{clade

|1=Deltatheridium

|label2=Marsupialiformes

|2={{clade

|1=Arcantiodelphys

|2=Dakotadens

|3={{clade

|1=Kokopellia

|2={{clade

|1=Asiatherium

|2={{clade

|1=Marsupialia

|2={{clade

|1=Adelodelphys

|2=Iugomortiferum

|3=Pariadens

|4=Sinbadelphys

}} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

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