Zatheria

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).

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

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Rowe (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997) showing one hypothesis of mammal relationships:[1][2]

Mammaliaformes 

Morganucodontidae

Mammalia 

PrototheriaMonotremata

Theriiformes

Allotheria→†Multituberculata

Holotheria

Kuehneotheria

Trechnotheria

Amphiodon

Symmetrodonta

Zhangheotherium

 Cladotheria 

Dryolestoidea

 Zatheria 

Peramura

Tribosphenida

Aegialodontia

 Theria 

MetatheriaMarsupialia

EutheriaPlacentalia

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Further reading

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


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