Anatoliadelphys
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Anatoliadelphys maasae is an extinct genus of predatory metatherian mammal from the Eocene of Anatolia. It was an arboreal, cat-sized animal, with powerful crushing jaws similar to those of the modern Tasmanian devil. Although most mammalian predators of the northern hemisphere in this time period were placentals, Europe was an archipelago, and the island landmass now forming Turkey might have been devoid of competing mammalian predators,[1] though this may not matter since other carnivorous metatherians are also known from the Cenozoic in the Northern Hemisphere.[2] Nonetheless, it stands as a reminder that mammalian faunas in the Paleogene of the Northern Hemisphere were more complex than previously thought, and metatherians did not immediately lose their hold as major predators after their success in the Cretaceous.[1]
Anatoliadelphys | |
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Holotype skeleton, scale bar = 5 cm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Anatoliadelphyidae |
Genus: | †Anatoliadelphys A. Murat Maga; Robin M. D. Beck, 2017 |
Species: | †A. maasae |
Binomial name | |
†Anatoliadelphys maasae A. Murat Maga; Robin M. D. Beck, 2017 | |