[MM] Anchistodelphys archibaldi
Metatherians
DESCRIBER Cifelli, 1990
TIME Cretaceous Late
?Turonian Coniacian, Santonian, Campanian
CLASS Mammalia
COHORT Marsupialia
SUPERORDER \"Ameridelphia\"
ORDER Incertae Sedis
FAMILY Incertae Sedis
FOSSILSITE ?Straight Cliffs Formation, Utah, US
INFO
Anchistodelphys archibaldi (Cifelli, 1990) > Anchistodelphys delicatus (Cifelli, 1990)
Small primitive marsupials resembling Kokopellia, Aenigmadelphys and Alberttatherium in having an anteroposteriorly compressed protocone.
Revision by Johanson (1996) transferred a specimen described as A. archibaldi to Varalphadon wahweapensis.