| Sairadelphys Temporal range: Pleistocene ~2.6–0.01 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Sairadelphys is an extinct genus of didelphine opossums from the Pleistocene of South America.
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.
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.
References
- ^ 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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| Sairadelphys | |
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