Sairadelphys

Sairadelphys; Temporal range: Pleistocene; ~2.6–0.01 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Hyladelphinae
Genus:	†Sairadelphys; E.V. Oliveira et. al., 2011
Type species
	†Sairadelphys tocantinensis; E.V. Oliveira et. al., 2011
Species
	†Sairadelphys tocantinensis;

Sairadelphys is an extinct genus of didelphine opossums from the Pleistocene of South America.^[1]

Taxonomy

Sairadelphys is a didelphine opossum, described as a sister taxon to Hyladelphys. Sairadelphys tocantinensis is the only recognized species, and it is known from deposits in the Gruta dos Mouras cave, Tocantins, Brazil.^[1]

Biology

The more flattened molars of Sairadelphys indicate of diet of both fruit and insects. It had an estimated mass of less than 40 g.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Oliveira, Edison Vicente; Villa Nova, Patricia; Goin, Francisco J.; Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos (24 September 2011). "A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3041 (1): 51–62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.200799. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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[Oliveira-1] Oliveira, Edison Vicente; Villa Nova, Patricia; Goin, Francisco J.; Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos (24 September 2011). "A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3041 (1): 51–62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.200799. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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