Allotheria
Allotheria Temporal range:
Possible Late Triassic record | |
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Skull of Ptilodus (Multituberculata) | |
Skull of Adalatherium (Gondwanatheria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Theriiformes |
Subclass: | †Allotheria Marsh, 1880 |
Subgroups | |
Allotheria (meaning "other beasts", from the
placentals (Theria) than to monotremes or eutriconodonts,[2] though some studies place the entirety of Allotheria outside of crown Mammalia.[9]
References
- ^ Butler, P.M. (2000). "Review of the early allotherian mammals". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 45 (4): 317–342.
- ^ S2CID 230968231.
- S2CID 205025618. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2010-06-11.
- S2CID 4395258.
- ^ Drake, Nadia (November 5, 2014). "Fossil From Dinosaur Era Reveals Big Mammal With Super Senses". nationalgeographic.com. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Wilford, John Noble (November 5, 2014). "Fossil's Unusual Size and Location Offer Clues in Evolution of Mammals". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Luo, Z.-X.; Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.; Cifelli, R.L. (2002). "In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 47 (1): 1–78.
- PMID 26630008.
- ISSN 0028-0836.
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), 249.