Indodelphis
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| Indodelphis Temporal range: Eocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | †Indodelphis Bajpai, Kapur, Thewissen, Tiwari & Das, 2005 |
| Species: | †I. luoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Indodelphis luoi | |
Indodelphis is an extinct genus of opossum like marsupial from Eocene of Cambay Shale Formation of India. The type and the only species is Indodelphis luoi.[1]
Indodelphis is the only known Marsupial known from Insular India. It is known from a well-preserved lower molars of two individuals. These species probably represent the oldest known record of Cenozoic marsupials from Asia, and they occur in association with a diverse land mammal fauna comprising perissodactyls, artiodactyls, insectivores, proteutherians, apatotherians, bats, rodents, and several other taxa currently under study.
References
[edit]- ^ Bajpai, Sunil; Kapur, Vivesh; Thewissen, J G M; Tiwari, Brahma; Das, Debasis (2005-06-01). "First fossil marsupials from India: Early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from Vastan Lignite mine, District Surat, Gujarat". Journal of the Palaentological Society of India. 50 (1): 147–151. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
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