Adapisoriculidae
| Adapisoriculidae Temporal range: Paleocene Possible Late Cretaceous record | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| (unranked): | Euarchonta |
| Family: | Adapisoriculidae Van Valen (1967) |
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Adapisoriculidae is an extinct family of placental mammals present during the Paleocene and possibly Cretaceous. They were once thought to be members of the order Erinaceomorpha,[5] closely related to the Hedgehog family (Erinaceidae), because of their similar dentition, but they are now thought to be basal Euarchontans.[6] They were also thought to be Marsupials at one point. They were small placentals of about 15 cm long, with a tail of equal length. They were probably nocturnal, eating insects and fruits.
Deccanolestes and Sahnitherium from the Late Cretaceous of India may be Cretaceous members of Adapisoriculidae.
References
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Afrodon". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (1991). "Bustylus (Eutheria, Adapisoriculidae) and the absence of ascertained marsupials in the Palaeocene of Europe". Terra Nova 3 (6): 586–92. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00200.x.
- ↑ "Genera and species of Paleocene mammals - Part 2". Paleocene-mammals.de. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ "Paleocene mammal faunas of Europe". Paleocene-mammals.de. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ Agusti, Jordi; Anton, Mauricio (2002). Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11640-3.
- ↑ Smith, Thierry; Bast, Eric; Sigé, Bernard (2010). "Euarchontan affinity of Paleocene Afro-European adapisoriculid mammals and their origin in the late Cretaceous Deccan Traps of India". Naturwissenschaften 97 (4): 417–22. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0651-5. PMID 20174778.