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Sinodelphys or "Chinese opossum" is an extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous. To date it is the oldest marsupial fossil known, estimated to be 125 million years old. It was discovered and described in 2003 in rocks of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China, by a team of scientists including Zhe-Xi Luo and John Wible.

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  • Sinodelphys or "Chinese opossum" is an extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous. To date it is the oldest marsupial fossil known, estimated to be 125 million years old. It was discovered and described in 2003 in rocks of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China, by a team of scientists including Zhe-Xi Luo and John Wible.
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  • Animalia
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  • Sinodelphys
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  • Sinodelphys szalayi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
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  • Sinodelphys
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  • Mammalia
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  • Sinodelphys or "Chinese opossum" is an extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous. To date it is the oldest marsupial fossil known, estimated to be 125 million years old. It was discovered and described in 2003 in rocks of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China, by a team of scientists including Zhe-Xi Luo and John Wible.
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