Holotheria

Holotheres Temporal range: Late Triassic - Holocene,
Life restoration of a Gobiconodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Theriiformes
Clade:	Holotheria Wible et al., 1995
Subgroups
†Amphidontoidea †Amphidontidae †Amphilestidae †Chronoperatidae †Chronoperates †Eutriconodonta †Kuehneotheria †Kuehneotheriidae †Gobiconodonta †Tinodon? Trechnotheria †Yinotheria †Shuotheridia †Shuotheriidae

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).

Classification

According to McKenna/Bell (1997):

• Class Mammalia
  • Subclass Theriiformes
    • Infraclass Holotheria
      • Genus †Chronoperates?
      • Superlegion †Kuehneotheria
        • Genus †Woutersia
        • Family †Kuehneotheriidae
      • Superlegion Trechnotheria
        • Legion †Symmetrodonta*
          • Genus †Casamiquelia?
          • Genus †Thereuodon?
          • Genus †Atlasodon?
          • Genus †Eurylambda?
          • Genus †Peralestes?
          • Genus †Shuotherium?
          • Order †Amphidontoidea
            • Family †Amphidontidae
          • Order †Spalacotherioidea
            • Genus †Gobiotheriodon?
            • Genus †Maotherium
            • Genus †Zhangeotherium
            • Family †Tinodontidae
            • Family †Barbereniidae?
              • Genus †Guirogatherium?
              • Genus †Barberenia?
            • Family †Spalacotheriidae
              • Genus †Microderson
              • Genus †Shalbaatar
              • Genus †Spalacotherium
              • Subfamily †Spalacolestinae
                • Genus †Symmetrolestes
                • Genus †Akidolestes
                • Genus †Heishanlestes
                • Genus †Spalacotheroides
                • Genus †Spalacotheridium
                • Genus †Spalacolestes
                • Genus †Symmetrodontoides
        • Legion Cladotheria
          • Genus †Butlerigale?
          • Family †Ausktribosphenidae?
          • Sublegion †Dryolestoidea
            • Order †Dryolestida
            • Order †Amphitheriida
          • Sublegion Zatheria
            • Infralegion †Peramura
            • Infralegion Tribosphenida
              • Genus †Ambondro?
              • Genus †Hypomylos?
              • Genus †Montanalestes?
              • Genus †Tribactonodon?
              • Supercohort †Aegialodontia
                • Family †Aegialodontidae
                  • Genus †Aegialodon
                  • Genus †Kielantherium
              • Supercohort Theria
                • Order †Deltatheroida
                • Order †Asiadelphia
                • Cohort Marsupialia
                  • Magnorder Australidelphia
                  • Superorder Microbiotheria
                  • Superorder Eometatheria
                    • • Order †Yalkaparidontia
                      • Order Notoryctemorphia
                    • Grandorder Dasyuromorphia
                    • Grandorder Syndactyli
                      • Order Peramelia
                      • Order Diprotodontia
                  • Magnorder Ameridelphia
                • Cohort Placentalia
                  • • • Order †Bibymalagasia
                  • Magnorder Xenarthra
                  • Magnorder Epitheria

According to Wang, Clemens, Hu & Li, 1998

• Class Mammalia
  • Subclass Theriiformes
    • Infraclass Holotheria
      • Genus †Chronoperates?
      • Superlegion †Kuehneotheria
      • Superlegion Trechnotheria
        • Family †Amphidontidae
        • Superfamily †Spalacotheroidea
        • Legion Symmetrodonta
          • Genus †Asfaltomylos?
          • Genus †Atlasodon?
          • Family †Ausktribosphenidae?
          • Genus †Casamiquelia?
          • Genus †Thereuodon?
          • Genus †Eurylambda?
          • Genus †Shuotherium
          • Legion Cladotheria
            • Genus †Butlerigale?
            • Sublegion †Dryolestoidea
              • Order †Dryolestida
            • Order †Amphitheriida
              • Genus †Amphitherium
              • Sublegion Zatheria
                • Genus †Arguitherium?
                • Genus †Arguimus?
                • Genus †Nanolestes?
                • Genus †Vincelestes?
                • Infralegion †Peramura
                • Infralegion Tribosphenida