Hondadelphys is an extinct genus of carnivorous sparassodonts, known from the Middle Miocene of Colombia. The type species, H. fieldsi, was described in 1976 from the fossil locality of La Venta, which hosts fossils from the Villavieja Formation.[1]Hondadelphys was originally interpreted as belonging to the opossum family Didelphidae, but subsequently assigned to its own family, Hondadelphidae and interpreted as a basal sparassodont.[2] The genus name refers to the Honda Group, the stratigraphic group in which the fossils of this animal were first found, combined with delphys (Greek for "womb", a common suffix used for opossum-like metatherians).[1]
^ abMarshall, Larry G. (1976). "New Didelphine Marsupials from the La Venta Fauna (Miocene) of Colombia, South America". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (3): 402–418. JSTOR 1303521.
^Goin, Francisco (2003). "Early Marsupial Radiations in South America". In Jones, Menna; Archer, Mike; Dickman, Chris (eds.). Predators with Pouches : The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials. Collingwood (Victoria): CSIRO. ISBN978-0643066342.
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hondadelphys, extinct, genus, carnivorous, sparassodonts, known, from, middle, miocene, colombia, type, species, fieldsi, described, 1976, from, fossil, locality, venta, which, hosts, fossils, from, villavieja, formation, originally, interpreted, belonging, op. Hondadelphys is an extinct genus of carnivorous sparassodonts known from the Middle Miocene of Colombia The type species H fieldsi was described in 1976 from the fossil locality of La Venta which hosts fossils from the Villavieja Formation 1 Hondadelphyswas originally interpreted as belonging to the opossum family Didelphidae but subsequently assigned to its own family Hondadelphidae and interpreted as a basal sparassodont 2 The genus name refers to the Honda Group the stratigraphic group in which the fossils of this animal were first found combined with delphys Greek for womb a common suffix used for opossum like metatherians 1 HondadelphysTemporal range Mid Miocene Laventan 13 8 11 8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Basicranium of HondadelphysScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder SparassodontaFamily HondadelphidaeMarshall et al 1990Genus HondadelphysMarshall 1976Type speciesHondadelphys fieldsiMarshall 1976References edit a b Marshall Larry G 1976 New Didelphine Marsupials from the La Venta Fauna Miocene of Colombia South America Journal of Paleontology 50 3 402 418 JSTOR 1303521 Goin Francisco 2003 Early Marsupial Radiations in South America In Jones Menna Archer Mike Dickman Chris eds Predators with Pouches The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials Collingwood Victoria CSIRO ISBN 978 0643066342 nbsp This prehistoric mammal related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hondadelphys amp oldid 1201907255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,