page_title: Herpetotherium
hierarchical_section_title: Herpetotherium
caption_attribution_description: English: Life restoration of Herpetotherium. Polski: Rekonstrukcja Herpetotherium.
context_page_description: Herpetotherium is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal.
  Fossils have been found in California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Saskatchewan. The oldest species, H. knighti, is dated to around 50.3 mya, and the most recent, an unnamed species, may be as recent as 15.97 mya. A morphological analysis of marsupials and basal metatherians conducted in 2007 found Herpetotherium to be the sister group to extant marsupials.
context_section_description: Herpetotherium is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal.
   
   
  Fossils have been found in California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Saskatchewan.  The oldest species, H. knighti, is dated to around 50.3 mya,  and the most recent, an unnamed species, may be as recent as 15.97 mya. A morphological analysis of marsupials and basal metatherians conducted in 2007 found Herpetotherium to be the sister group to extant marsupials.
caption: Restoration
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