Ameridelphia

E538448
infraclass taxon

Ameridelphia is a proposed infraclass of marsupial mammals that primarily includes the American opossums and their close relatives.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ameridelphia canonical 3

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infraclass ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characteristic marsupial reproduction ⓘ
presence of marsupium in many species ⓘ
viviparous mammals ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
contains New World marsupials ⓘ
contrastedWith Australidelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedBy molecular phylogenetic evidence ⓘ
morphological characters ⓘ
distribution Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
endemicTo New World NERFINISHED ⓘ
evolutionaryOrigin South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic didactyl hind feet in many members ⓘ
polyprotodont dentition in many members ⓘ
hasCommonName Ameridelphians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeMember Didelphis virginiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
higherClassification Marsupialia NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes American opossums ⓘ
Didelphidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Didelphimorphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
close relatives of American opossums ⓘ
infraclass Marsupialia NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
memberOf Marsupialia NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
proposedAs infraclass of marsupial mammals ⓘ
relatedTo Metatheria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclass Theria ⓘ
taxonomicStatus not universally accepted ⓘ
proposed ⓘ
taxonRank infraclass ⓘ
timeOfOrigin Cretaceous ⓘ
Paleogene NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn mammalian classification ⓘ
marsupial phylogeny ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australidelphia → contrastedWith → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Australidelphia → sisterGroupOf → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Microbiotheria (fossil eutherians sometimes historically misassigned) → onceClassifiedAs → Ameridelphia ⓘ
subject surface form: Microbiotheria