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| image_caption = [[Kangaroo]] with her [[Joey (marsupial)|joey]] |
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| taxon = Zatheria |
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| authority = McKenna, 1975 |
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*{{extinct}}[[Arguimus|Arguimuridae]] |
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Revision as of 03:00, 3 August 2020
Zatheria Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Holocene,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Prototribosphenida |
Clade: | Zatheria McKenna, 1975 |
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Zatheria is a group (sublegion) of mammals that includes the common ancestor of Arguimuridae, Vincelestidae, Peramuridae and Tribosphenida (living therians plus all of its ancestors).
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from Rowe (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997) showing one hypothesis of mammal relationships:[1][2]
Further reading
- McKenna, Bell: Classification of Mammal: Above the Species Level
References
- ^ Rowe, Timothy (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
External links
- MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Stem zatherians, zatherians & Peramuridae, an internet directory
- Sublegion Zatheria - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon