Ameridelphia

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ameridelphia canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
definedBy molecular phylogenetic evidence ⓘ
morphological characters ⓘ
distribution Americas ⓘ
endemicTo New World ⓘ
evolutionaryOrigin South America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic didactyl hind feet in many members ⓘ
polyprotodont dentition in many members ⓘ
hasCommonName Ameridelphians ⓘ
hasTypeMember Didelphis virginiana ⓘ
linked to: Virginia opossum
higherClassification Marsupialia ⓘ
includes American opossums ⓘ
Didelphidae ⓘ
Didelphimorphia ⓘ
close relatives of American opossums ⓘ
infraclass Marsupialia ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
memberOf Marsupialia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
proposedAs infraclass of marsupial mammals ⓘ
relatedTo Metatheria ⓘ
linked to: Marsupialia
subclass Theria ⓘ
taxonomicStatus not universally accepted ⓘ
proposed ⓘ
taxonRank infraclass ⓘ
timeOfOrigin Cretaceous ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
usedIn mammalian classification ⓘ
marsupial phylogeny ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Australidelphia → contrastedWith → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Australidelphia → sisterGroupOf → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Microbiotheria → onceClassifiedAs → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Didelphimorphia → superorder → Ameridelphia ⓘ
Paucituberculata → superorder → Ameridelphia ⓘ