Cladotheria
| Cladotherians Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Holocene, 165–0 Ma | |
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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 includes the ancestor of Dryolestoidea, Peramuridae and Zatheria (living therians plus all of its ancestors).
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from Rowe (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997) showing one hypothesis of mammal relationships:[1][2]
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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.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Stem zatherians, zatherians & Peramuridae, an internet directory
- Palaeos Vertebrates 430_500 Mammalia Spalacotheroidea & Cladotheria
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