Theriiformes
clade or subclass of mammals
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 Temporal range:
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| Kangaroo with her joey | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Theriimorpha |
| Clade: | Theriiformes Rowe, 1988 |
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The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016):[3]
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References
change- ↑ Rowe, T. (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708.
- ↑ Macrini, T. E.; Rougier, G. W.; Rowe, T. (2007). "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): 875–892. doi:10.1002/ar.20551. PMID 17506058. S2CID 15247940.
- ↑ Luo, Z.-X.; Schultz, J. A.; Ekdale, E. G. (2016). "Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals". Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Vol. 59. pp. 139–174. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_6. ISBN 978-3-319-46659-0.
