Anatoliadelphyidae

Anatoliadelphyidae Temporal range: Eocene Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype skeleton of Anatoliadelphys , scale bar = 5 cm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Marsupialiformes
Family:	† Anatoliadelphyidae Métais et al. 2018
Genera
Anatoliadelphys Orhaniyeia

Anatoliadelphyidae is an extinct family of metatherian mammals, endemic to the Pontide terrane (forming part of what is now modern Anatolia), during the Middle Eocene (Lutetian), around 43 million years ago, when the terrane formed an island landmass with an insular endemic fauna, which also included herpetotheriid and polydolopimorphian metatherians, as well as archaic pleuraspidotheriid ungulates and enigmatic insectivores. ^[1] The cat-sized Anatoliadelphys is the best known member, and is thought to have been a carnivore or omnivore. ^[2]

References

1. Métais, Grégoire; Coster, Pauline M.; Kappelman, John R.; Licht, Alexis; Ocakoğlu, Faruk; Taylor, Michael H.; Beard, K. Christopher (2018-11-14). "Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time". PLOS ONE. 13 (11): e0206181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206181 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6235269 . PMID   30427946.
2. Maga, A. Murat; Beck, Robin M. D. (2017-08-16). Evans, Alistair Robert (ed.). "Skeleton of an unusual, cat-sized marsupial relative (Metatheria: Marsupialiformes) from the middle Eocene (Lutetian: 44-43 million years ago) of Turkey". PLOS ONE. 12 (8): e0181712. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181712 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   5559079 . PMID   28813431.