Peradectidae

Peradectidae; Temporal range: Paleocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Peradectes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Metatheria
Family:	†Peradectidae; Crochet, 1979
Genera
	Peradectes; Mimoperadectes; Armintodelphys; Siamoperadectes; Sinoperadectes; Maastrichtidelphys?; Pucadelphys?; Szalinia?;

Peradectidae is a family of small metatherian mammals, spanning from the Paleocene (or possibly Latest Cretaceous) to the Miocene. Fossils are known from the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia and North America. The monophyly of the group has been questioned, with some authors suggesting that Peradectes should be the only genus placed in the family.^[1] The morphology of peradectids has been considered to be similar to opossums.^[2] Phylogenetic analysis suggest that they are less closely related to modern marsupials than herpetotheriids are.^[3]

Cladogram after:^[2]

Metatheria

Peradectidae

	Pucadelphyidae

	Sparassodonta

	Amphiperatherium

	Peratherium

	Herpetotherium

	Marsupialia

References[edit]

^ Williamson, Thomas E.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Carr, Thomas D.; Weil, Anne; Standhardt, Barbara R. (2012-12-01). "The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 625–651. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.631592. ISSN 1477-2019.
^ ^a ^b Ladevèze, Sandrine; Selva, Charlène; de Muizon, Christian (2020-09-01). "What are "opossum-like" fossils? The phylogeny of herpetotheriid and peradectid metatherians, based on new features from the petrosal anatomy". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (17): 1463–1479. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1772387. ISSN 1477-2019.
^ de Muizon, Christian; Ladevèze, Sandrine (2022-06-30). "New material of Incadelphys antiquus (Pucadelphyda, Metatheria, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia reveals phylogenetic affinities with enigmatic North and South American metatherians". Geodiversitas. 44 (22). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a22. ISSN 1280-9659.

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[1] Williamson, Thomas E.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Carr, Thomas D.; Weil, Anne; Standhardt, Barbara R. (2012-12-01). "The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 625–651. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.631592. ISSN 1477-2019.

[:0-2] Ladevèze, Sandrine; Selva, Charlène; de Muizon, Christian (2020-09-01). "What are "opossum-like" fossils? The phylogeny of herpetotheriid and peradectid metatherians, based on new features from the petrosal anatomy". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (17): 1463–1479. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1772387. ISSN 1477-2019.

[3] Muizon, Christian; Ladevèze, Sandrine (2022-06-30). "New material of Incadelphys antiquus (Pucadelphyda, Metatheria, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia reveals phylogenetic affinities with enigmatic North and South American metatherians". Geodiversitas. 44 (22). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a22. ISSN 1280-9659.

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Taxon identifiers
Peradectidae	Wikidata: Q24072351 GBIF: 4826838 IRMNG: 118330 Open Tree of Life: 3617624 Paleobiology Database: 253242
Peradectinae	Wikidata: Q9058258 Paleobiology Database: 68284