Mammaliamorpha

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Mammaliamorphs
Temporal range:
Ma
Skull of
tritylodontid
Manatee
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade:
Therapsida
Clade:
Cynodontia
Clade: Prozostrodontia
Clade: Mammaliamorpha
Rowe, 1988
Subgroups

Mammaliamorpha is a clade of

endothermy ("warm-bloodedness") first appeared in the mammalian lineage.[2]

Classification

Mammaliamorpha was named in 1988 by the American palaeontologist Timothy B. Rowe, who defined it as comprising "the

last common ancestor of Tritylodontidae and Mammalia, and all its descendants".[3]

The cladogram below is adapted from the 2019 description of the mammaliamorph Pseudotherium by Rachel V. S. Wallace and colleagues:[1]

Probainognathia

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