Theriiformes Temporal range:
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Skull of the multituberculate Ptilodus ( Allotheria) | |
Skeleton of Maotherium ( Trechnotheria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Theriimorpha |
Clade: |
Theriiformes Rowe, 1988 |
Subgroups | |
Theriiformes is a clade of mammals. The term was coined by Timothy B. Rowe in his doctoral dissertation, [1] and is defined as the clade formed by the most recent common ancestor of multituberculates (which form part of the broader group Allotheria, along with Gondwanatheria and likely all/part of Haramiyida) and Theria (the group containing marsupials and placentals). [2] Mammals more closely related to therians than to multituberculates are included in the clade Trechnotheria. [3] As multituberculates are usually considered more closely related to therians than monotremes are, it is considered to be a subgroup of the mammalian crown group. [4]
The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016): [5]
Theriiformes Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Skull of the multituberculate Ptilodus ( Allotheria) | |
Skeleton of Maotherium ( Trechnotheria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Theriimorpha |
Clade: |
Theriiformes Rowe, 1988 |
Subgroups | |
Theriiformes is a clade of mammals. The term was coined by Timothy B. Rowe in his doctoral dissertation, [1] and is defined as the clade formed by the most recent common ancestor of multituberculates (which form part of the broader group Allotheria, along with Gondwanatheria and likely all/part of Haramiyida) and Theria (the group containing marsupials and placentals). [2] Mammals more closely related to therians than to multituberculates are included in the clade Trechnotheria. [3] As multituberculates are usually considered more closely related to therians than monotremes are, it is considered to be a subgroup of the mammalian crown group. [4]
The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016): [5]