Australidelphia

L-Australidelphia huwa superordni ta' mammiferi marsupjali. Dan qiegħed ikklassifikat fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria u fl-infraklassi Metatheria. L-Australidelphia jiġbor fiħ 5 ordnijiet, il-Microbiotheria, id-Dasyuromorphia, il-Peramelemorphia, in-Notoryctemorphia, u d-Diprotodontia). Dan is-superordni flimkien ma' l-Ameridelphia jiffurmaw l-infraklassi Metatheria (il-marsupjali kollha).

L-Australidelphia jinkludi fiħ il-marsupjali kollha tal-kontinent Awstraljan u l-marsupjal kolokolo jew monito del monte Dromiciops gliroides, li għalkemm huwa mifrux mal-kontinent ta' l-Amerika ta' isfel jifforma parti mis-superordni Australidelphia.

Klassifikazzjoni

Superordni Australidelphia
Ordni Microbiotheria
Familja Microbiotheriidae (kolokolo)
Ordni Dasyuromorphia
Familja Thylacinidae (Tilaċin) 
Familja Dasyuridae (Xitan Tasmanjan)
Familja Myrmecobiidae (Numbat)
Ordni Peramelemorphia
Familja Thylacomyidae (Bandikuti fniek)
Familja Chaeropodidae (Bandikut ta' saqajħ ta' ħanżir)
Familja Peramelidae (Bandikuti)
Ordni Notoryctemorphia 
Familja Notoryctidae (Talpi marsupjali)
Ordni Diprotodontia 
Familja Phascolarctidae (Kola)
Familja Vombatidae (Wombati)
Familja Phalangeridae (Possum ta' denbu xkupilja u kuskus)
Familja Burramyidae (Possumi nani)
Familja Tarsipedidae (Possum ta' l-għasel)
Familja Petauridae(Possum tal-istrixxi,Possum ta' Leadbeater,Planatur ta' żaqqu safra,Planatur taz-zokkor)
Familja Pseudocheiridae (Possumi ta' denbhom biċ-ċriki)
Familja Potoridae (Potorù, Kangarù far, Bettong)
Familja Acrobatidae (Planatur ta' denbu pinna)
Familja Hypsiprymnodontidae (Kangarù far tal-misk)
Familja Macropodidae (Kangarù, Wallabi)

Ara ukoll
Metatheria
Ameridelphia
Marsupjal

Referenzi
McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press, 631 pp. ISBN 0-213-11013-8 
Nilsson, M.A., Arnason, U., Spencer, P.B.S. & Janke, A. 2004. Marsupial relationships and a timeline for marsupial radiation in South Gondwana. Gene 340:189-196. 
Springer, M.S., Westerman, M., Kavanagh, J.R., Burk, A., Woodburne, M.O., Kao, D.J. & Krajewski, C. 1998. The origin of the Australasian marsupial fauna and the phylogenetic affinites of the enigmatic monito del monte and marsupial mole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B)265:2381-2386. 
Jansa, S.A. & Voss, R.S. 2000. Phylogenetic Studies on Didelphid Marsupials I. Introduction and Preliminary Results from Nuclear IRBP Gene Sequences. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 7(1):43-77. 
Kirsch, J.A.W., Lapointe, F.-J. & Springer, M.S. 1997. DNA-hybridisation studies of marsupials and their implications for metatherian classification. Australian Journal of Zoology 45:211-280. 
Palma, R.E. & Spotorno, A.E. 1999. Molecular systematics of marsupials bvased on the rRNA 12S mitochondrial gene: the phylogeny of Didelphimorphia and of the living fossil microbiotheriid Dormiciops gliroides Thomas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:525-535.

Ħoloq/Linkijiet Esterni
Klassifikazzjoni ta' l-Australidelphia f' The Taxonomicon

Category:Metatheria