Zatheria

Zatheria; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Holocene, 165–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Cladotheria
Clade:	Zatheria; McKenna, 1975
Subgroups
	† †; ; †Vincelestidae †Vincelestes; ; †Peramura †Peramuridae; ; Tribosphenida;

Zatheria is a group (sublegion) of mammals that includes the common ancestor of , Vincelestidae, Peramuridae, and Tribosphenida (living therians plus all of its ancestors).

Phylogeny[]

Below is a cladogram from Rowe (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997) showing one hypothesis of mammal relationships:^[1]^[2]

Mammaliaformes

†Morganucodontidae

Mammalia

Prototheria→Monotremata

Theriiformes

†Allotheria→†Multituberculata

†Kuehneotheria

†Amphiodon

Cladotheria

†Dryolestoidea

Zatheria

†Peramura

Tribosphenida

†Aegialodontia

Theria

	Metatheria→Marsupialia

	Eutheria→Placentalia

References[]

^ Rowe, Timothy (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708. ISSN 0272-4634.
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

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[Rowe1988-1] Rowe, Timothy (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708. ISSN 0272-4634.

[McKennaBell1997-2] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

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