Asiatheriidae

Asiatheriidae ("Asian opossums") is an family of Cretaceous metatherians in the order Asiadelphia. 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.

Asiatheriidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Campanian) 89.3–70.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Asiadelphia
Family: †Asiatheriidae
Trofimov and Szalay, 1994
Genera
  • †Kokopellia juddi Cifelli 1993
  • †Asiatherium reshetovi Trofimov & Szalay 1994

Further reading

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 15, 451–452.


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