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Sinodelphys is an extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous, 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. While initially suggested to be the oldest known metatherian, later studies interpreted it as a eutherian.

Description
The holotype specimen is a slab and counterslab given catalog number CAGS00-IG03. It is in the collection of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. ==Taxonomy==
Taxonomy
Sinodelphys szalayi, living in China around 125 million years ago, was initially interpreted as the earliest known metatherian. This makes it almost contemporary to the eutherian Acristatherium, which has been found in the same area. However, Bi et al. (2018) reinterpreted Sinodelphys as an early member of Eutheria. ==See also==
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