I don't know if they share anything but plesiomorphies with Didelphidae. From Wordnik.com. [More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest] Reference
As for whether peradectines are really opossums (as in, true members of Didelphidae), you are right that this classification is probably based on plesiomorphies. From Wordnik.com. [More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest] Reference
Note: possum, opossum, any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail; especially: a common omnivorous largely nocturnal and arboreal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of North America having grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Collins Lyrics] Reference
Visits Caluromys lanatus (Didelphidae) flowers Pseudobombax tomentosum (Bombacaceae). probable case pollination marsupials in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Marsupial (Didelphidae) 71. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Family Didelphidae. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
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