Periprotodidelphis
| Periprotodidelphis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Family: | †Protodidelphidae |
| Genus: | †Periprotodidelphis |
| Species: | †P. bergqvisti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Periprotodidelphis bergqvisti Oliveira and Goin, 2011
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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.[1]
Distribution
Periprotodidelphis bergqvisti, the type species, is only known from the Itaboraí Basin of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
References
- ^ "Periprotodidelphis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ^ 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.