Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subclass Theria | Infraclass Metatheria Rank Order | |
Family †Asiatheriidae
Trofimov and Szalay, 1994 Similar Deltatheroida, Theria, Dryolestida, Thingodonta, Arctostylopida | ||
Asiadelphia ("Asian opossum") is an order of Cretaceous Metatherians. Different from the Ameridelphia, they lacked a prominent distolateral process on the scaphoid, and possessed a more slender fibula. The masseteric fossa is deeper in this group than the true Marsupials.
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