Cladotheria
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| Cladotherians Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Holocene, 165–0Ma | |
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| Kangaroo with her joey | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superlegion: | Trechnotheria |
| Legion: | Cladotheria McKenna, 1975 |
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Cladotheria is a group (legion) of mammals that is defined as including the ancestor of Dryolestoidea, Peramuridae and Zatheria (living Therians plus all of its descendants).
Further reading
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 14, 531.
External links
- MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Stem zatherians, zatherians & Peramuridae, an internet directory
- Palaeos Vertebrates 430_500 Mammalia Spalacotheroidea & Cladotheria
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