Theriiformes

Theriiformes; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic to Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Kangaroo with her joey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Theriimorpha
Clade:	Theriiformes; Rowe, 1988
Subgroups
	†Allotheria; Trechnotheria;

Theriiformes is a clade of mammals. The term was coined by Timothy B. Rowe in his doctoral dissertation,^[1] and is defined as the clade formed by the most recent common ancestor of multituberculates and therians, and all its descendants.^[2]

The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016):^[3]

Mammalia

Australosphenida

Theriimorpha

Fruitafossor

Eutriconodonta

Theriiformes

	Gondwanatheria

	Multituberculata

Trechnotheria

Spalacotherioidea

Cladotheria

	Dryolestoidea

	Theria

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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. 59: 139–174. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_6.

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[Rowe1988-1] Rowe, T. (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708.

[Macrini2007-2] 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.

[Luo2016-3] 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. 59: 139–174. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_6.

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