Marsupialiformes

Marsupialiformes

Benjamin A. Sheppard. · Public Domain · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MetatheriaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Metatheria
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Theria
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Mammalia

Time the record covers

At least 110 million years on record.

The record covers at least 110.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 119.57 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 3 of 4744 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 717 of 4744 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 107 of 4744 occurrencesEocene — about 815 of 4744 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 373 of 4744 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 818 of 4744 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 356 of 4744 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1430 of 4744 occurrences122–118 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences118–114 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences114–110 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences110–106 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences106–102 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences102–98 Mya — about 19 occurrences98–94 Mya — about 24 occurrences94–89 Mya — about 7 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 7 occurrences85–81 Mya — about 73 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 81 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 81 occurrences73–69 Mya — about 221 occurrences69–65 Mya — about 220 occurrences65–61 Mya — about 40 occurrences61–57 Mya — about 37 occurrences57–53 Mya — about 123 occurrences53–49 Mya — about 149 occurrences49–45 Mya — about 137 occurrences45–41 Mya — about 150 occurrences41–37 Mya — about 163 occurrences37–33 Mya — about 153 occurrences33–28 Mya — about 106 occurrences28–24 Mya — about 160 occurrences24–20 Mya — about 141 occurrences20–16 Mya — about 436 occurrences16–12 Mya — about 137 occurrences12–8.1 Mya — about 79 occurrences8.1–4.1 Mya — about 259 occurrences4.1–0 Mya — about 1738 occurrences110.1 Mya11.7 ka122 Mya0 Mya

4,744 occurrences of Marsupialiformes on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4,744 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

298 formations

Santa Cruz — 51.02°S, 69.15°WSanta Cruz — 51.20°S, 69.12°WSanta Cruz — 50.32°S, 68.90°WSanta Cruz — 50.35°S, 69.03°WSanta Cruz — 50.85°S, 69.13°WSanta Cruz — 50.60°S, 69.08°WSanta Cruz — 51.57°S, 69.42°WSanta Cruz — 51.57°S, 69.47°WSanta Cruz — 48.52°S, 69.72°WSanta Cruz — 50.05°S, 70.44°WSanta Cruz — 50.00°S, 70.00°WSanta Cruz — 50.16°S, 69.67°WSanta Cruz — 50.55°S, 69.22°WSanta Cruz — 51.05°S, 69.13°WSanta Cruz — 50.43°S, 69.08°WSanta Cruz — 50.05°S, 71.78°WSanta Cruz — 47.50°S, 71.88°WSanta Cruz — 50.75°S, 69.18°WSanta Cruz — 51.33°S, 69.02°WSanta Cruz — 51.35°S, 69.00°WSanta Cruz — 50.28°S, 70.28°WSanta Cruz — 50.28°S, 70.22°WSanta Cruz — 49.56°S, 70.06°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.12°WHell Creek — 47.63°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.65°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.87°N, 106.18°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.10°N, 104.80°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.50°WHell Creek — 45.40°N, 105.60°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.88°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.28°WHell Creek — 47.83°N, 106.18°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 45.85°N, 104.83°WHell Creek — 47.70°N, 106.58°WHell Creek — 45.76°N, 104.92°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 46.32°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WSarmiento — 45.67°S, 68.67°WSarmiento — 45.23°S, 67.49°WSarmiento — 45.40°S, 67.72°WSarmiento — 44.67°S, 68.42°WSarmiento — 44.42°S, 68.67°WSarmiento — 45.33°S, 68.00°WSarmiento — 44.35°S, 69.78°WSarmiento — 44.17°S, 69.25°WSarmiento — 44.50°S, 68.83°WSarmiento — 45.77°S, 69.00°WSarmiento — 46.68°S, 68.35°WSarmiento — 44.50°S, 69.00°WSarmiento — 43.28°S, 65.48°WSarmiento — 45.00°S, 67.70°WSarmiento — 44.59°S, 69.10°WSarmiento — 45.78°S, 68.47°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.65°WLance — 44.94°N, 108.85°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.52°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 42.70°N, 110.10°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.77°N, 110.33°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WFriars — 32.90°N, 117.10°WFriars — 32.78°N, 117.07°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.58°S, 76.28°WCerro Azul — 37.73°S, 63.53°WCerro Azul — 35.69°S, 64.67°WCerro Azul — 36.70°S, 64.28°WCerro Azul — 36.08°S, 65.00°WCerro Azul — 37.02°S, 64.51°WCerro Azul — 36.25°S, 65.51°WCerro Azul — 37.28°S, 64.15°WCerro Azul — 36.68°S, 64.18°WCerro Azul — 35.92°S, 64.87°WCerro Azul — 37.22°S, 63.59°WCerro Azul — 37.37°S, 65.47°WItaboraí — 22.84°S, 42.88°WJudith River — 47.70°N, 110.70°WJudith River — 46.42°N, 109.27°WJudith River — 47.81°N, 109.59°WJudith River — 48.98°N, 110.52°WJudith River — 48.93°N, 110.58°WJudith River — 48.57°N, 109.70°WJudith River — 46.47°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 48.93°N, 110.65°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 48.01°N, 108.91°WWillwood — 44.78°N, 108.97°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.77°N, 109.08°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.74°WWillwood — 44.76°N, 108.88°WWillwood — 44.16°N, 107.87°WWillwood — 44.15°N, 107.86°WOldman — 50.78°N, 110.50°WOldman — 49.30°N, 110.60°WOldman — 50.50°N, 110.30°WOldman — 50.90°N, 111.80°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 50.81°N, 111.63°WGrange Burn — 37.73°S, 141.94°EGrange Burn — 37.73°S, 141.95°EWahweap — 37.59°N, 112.90°WWahweap — 37.60°N, 111.35°WWahweap — 37.56°N, 112.28°WWahweap — 37.63°N, 112.12°WWagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") — 43.20°N, 107.10°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.67°WChapadmalal — 38.00°S, 58.00°WChapadmalal — 38.12°S, 57.70°WChapadmalal — 38.15°S, 57.61°WChapadmalal — 38.15°S, 57.62°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 103.90°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.38°WFort Union — 44.89°N, 108.91°WFort Union — 43.20°N, 107.10°WFort Union — 45.10°N, 106.90°WFort Union — 45.40°N, 105.60°WFort Union — 43.45°N, 109.16°WFort Union — 41.92°N, 108.56°WFort Union — 45.20°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.62°WFort Union — 41.83°N, 108.60°WMonte Hermoso — 38.99°S, 61.67°WMonte Hermoso — 38.00°S, 61.00°WMonte Hermoso — 38.98°S, 61.82°WPinturas — 48.90°S, 70.17°WPinturas — 48.97°S, 71.40°WPinturas — 46.99°S, 70.59°WPinturas — 47.03°S, 70.67°WPinturas — 48.08°S, 70.08°WLas Flores — 45.40°S, 67.18°WLas Flores — 45.37°S, 67.74°WLas Flores — 45.50°S, 67.25°WLas Flores — 45.60°S, 69.08°WNamba — 31.13°S, 140.10°ENamba — 31.23°S, 140.23°ENamba — 31.02°S, 140.32°ENamba — 30.90°S, 140.17°ENamba — 31.13°S, 140.21°ENamba — 34.36°S, 138.99°EVillavieja — 3.26°N, 75.18°WVillavieja — 3.22°N, 75.22°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWasatch — 42.70°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 41.75°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.86°N, 110.76°W

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The named rock units Marsupialiformes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 274 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,041 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Marsupialiformes and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Marsupialiformes and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,463 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 940 sites for Marsupialiformes, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

875 references

Each of the 4,744 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 863 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Marsupialiformes

Credit
Benjamin A. Sheppard.
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Marsupialiformes was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vullo and Gheerbrant 2009