Abstract
A new species of the marsupial Peradectes is described from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia. It is the first Tertiary marsupial known from the Atlantic Coastal Plain north of Florida. The smallest species of Peradectes, it is more closely related to species known from the Western Interior of North America than to contemporaneous European species.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 561-565 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Paleontology |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2010 |
Keywords
- Early Eocene
- Marsupial
- Nanjemoy Formation
- Peradectes
- Virginia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Palaeontology