Periprotodidelphis

Periprotodidelphis
Temporal range: Thanetian–Ypresian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Family: †Protodidelphidae
Genus: †Periprotodidelphis
Species:
†P. bergqvisti
Binomial name
†Periprotodidelphis bergqvisti
Oliveira and Goin, 2011

Periprotodidelphis is an extinct monotypic genus of protodidelphid metatherian that lived in South America from the Thanetian to the Ypresian stage of the Palaeogene period.

Distribution

Periprotodidelphis bergqvisti, the type species, is only known from the Itaboraí Basin of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ "Periprotodidelphis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Oliveira, Édison V.; Goin, Francisco J. (29 August 2011). "A reassessment of bunodont metatherians from the Paleogene of Itaboraí (Brazil): systematics and age of the Itaboraian SALMA" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 14 (2): 105–136. doi:10.4072/rbp.2011.2.01. Retrieved 13 April 2026.