Tribosphenida

Tribosphenida is a group (infralegion) of mammals that includes the ancestor of Hypomylos, Aegialodontia and Theria (the last common ancestor of marsupials and placentals plus all of its descendants). Its current definition is more or less synonymous with Boreosphenida.[1][2]

Tribosphenida
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Present,
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Kangaroo with her joey
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Zatheria
Clade: Tribosphenida
McKenna, 1975
Clades
Synonyms

Boreosphenida

References

  1. Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia; Cifelli, Richard L; Luo, Zhe-Xi (2004). Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11918-4.
  2. Luo, Zhe-Xi; Cifelli, Richard L.; Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia (2001). "Dual origin of tribosphenic mammals". Nature. 409 (6816): 53–57. doi:10.1038/35051023. PMID 11343108. S2CID 4342585.

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