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| image_caption = Life restoration of a ''[[Gobiconodon]]''
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| authority = Wible et al., 1995
| authority = Wible et al., 1995
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===Classification===
===Classification===
According to McKenna/Bell (1997)<ref name="Mckenna, 1997">{{cite web|last=Mckenna|title=Holotheria|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/basal_mammalia/holotheria.html|work=Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref>:
According to McKenna/Bell (1997):
* Class '''[[Mammalia]]'''
* Class '''[[Mammalia]]'''
** Subclass '''[[Theriiformes]]'''
** Subclass '''[[Theriiformes]]'''

Revision as of 14:57, 19 July 2013

Holotherians
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Holocene, 220–0 Ma
Life restoration of a Gobiconodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Theriiformes
Clade: Holotheria
Wible et al., 1995
Subgroups[1]

Holotheria is a diverse group of mammals. It is defined as all descendants of the last common ancestor of Kuehneotherium and Theria (the group that includes marsupials and placental mammals).[2]

Classification

According to McKenna/Bell (1997)[1]:

References

  1. ^ a b Mckenna. "Holotheria". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ^ Wible, J. R., Rougier, G. W., Novacek, M. J. & McKenna, M. C. (2001). "Earliest eutherian ear region: A petrosal referred to Prokennalestes from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia." American Museum Novitates, 3322.