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Zatheria

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Zatheria
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Holocene, 165–0 Ma
Kangaroo with her joey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Prototribosphenida
Clade: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
Subgroups

Zatheria is a group (sublegion) of mammals that is defined as including the ancestor of Arguitheriidae, Arguimuridae, Vincelestidae, Peramuridae and Tribosphenida (living Therians plus all of its descendants).

Further reading

  • McKenna, Bell: Classification of Mammal: Above the Species Level