Theriiformes
Theriiformes is a clade of mammals. The term was first used by Timothy B. Rowe in his doctoral dissertation.[1] Theriiformes are the clade formed by the most recent common ancestor of multituberculates and therians.[2]
| Theriiformes | |
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| Kangaroo with her joey | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Theriimorpha |
| Clade: | Theriiformes Rowe, 1988 |
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The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016):[3]
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References
- ↑ Rowe, T.. Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 (3) (1988). p. 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708.
- ↑ Macrini, T. E.. Description of a Cranial Endocast from the Fossil Mammal Vincelestes neuquenianus (Theriiformes) and its Relevance to the Evolution of Endocranial Characters in Therians. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 290 (7) (2007). p. 875–892. doi:10.1002/ar.20551.
- ↑ Luo, Z.-X.. Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 59 (2016). p. 139–174. ISBN 978-3-319-46659-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_6.