Herpetotheriinae

Taxobox
name=Herpetotheriinae
fossil_range=Early Paleocene - Middle Miocene [http://flatpebble.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=58227&is_real_user=1]

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image_caption="Herpetotherium"
regnum=Animalia
phylum=Chordata
classis=Mammalia
ordo=Marsupicarnivora
familia=Didelphidae
subfamilia=Herpetotheriinae
subfamilia_authority=Trouessart, 1879
subdivision_ranks=Genera
subdivision=
*"Amphiperatherium" (syn. "Oxygomphius", "Ceciliolemur", "Microtarsioides")
*"Asiadidelphis"
*"Copedelphys"
*"Garatherium"
*"Herpetotherium" (syn. "Peratherium")
*"Jageria"
*"Peratherium" (syn. "Centracodon", "Entomacodon")
*"Swaindelphys"

Herpetotheriidae is an extinct subfamily of pygmy opossum. Species were arboreal omnivores, much like today's opossums.

Fossils have been found in the United States, Western Europe, Turkey, Egypt, India, and Canada [http://flatpebble.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=58227&is_real_user=1] . The oldest species, "Swaindelphys cifellii", is dated to around 63.3mya, and the most recent, "Amphiperatherium frequens", may be as recent as 13.65 mya. [http://flatpebble.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=58227&is_real_user=1] .

References

* [http://flatpebble.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=58227&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]