Anatoliadelphyidae

Anatoliadelphyidae; Temporal range: Eocene
	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

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.
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.

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[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.