References / paperCranial Anatomy of the Earliest Marsupials and the Origin of Opossums
Horovitz, I.; Martin, T.; Bloch, J.; Ladevèze, S.; Kurz, C.; Sánchez-Villagra, M.R.
Year2009
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1371/journal.pone.0008278
Fitness and scope
range · taxonomy · topology · morphology · biogeography · methods
Primary cranial study and phylogenetic analysis of Peradectes and close metatherian relatives; the approximately 65.18 Ma calibration depends on the recovered crown placement.
Claim ledger
fossil-range · mediumPeradectes-based analyses place a sampled crown-marsupial record by about 65.18 Ma, anchoring the 65.18–0 Ma Marsupialia route; crown placement and biogeographic inferences are analysis-dependent and not an origin date.
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