Fossil of the basal cladotherian Henkelotherium guimarotae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Clade:
Trechnotheria
Clade:
Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
Subgroups
†Meridiolestida
†Dryolestida
†Donodontidae
† Brancatherulum
Prototribosphenida[1]
†Arguimus
†Mozomus
†Nanolestes
†Vincelestes
†Tendagurutherium?
†Amphitheriidae
Zatheria[1]
†Peramuridae
Tribosphenida
Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes ranked as a legion)[2] of mammals. It contains modern therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) and several extinct groups, such as the "dryolestoids", amphitheriids and peramurids. The clade was named in 1975 by Malcolm McKenna. In 2002, it was defined as a node-based taxon containing "the common ancestor of dryolestids and living therians, plus all its descendants".[1] A different, stem-based definition was given in 2013, in which Cladotheria contains all taxa that are closer to Mus musculus (the house mouse) than to the "symmetrodont" Spalacotherium tricuspidens.[3]
Cladotheria incorporates a set of nested mammal clades culminating in Tribosphenida (also known as Boreosphenida), mammals with fully tribosphenic teeth such as therians and a few of their closest relatives. The clade Prototribosphenida includes "the common ancestor of Vincelestes and living therians, plus all of its descendants". Apart from tribosphenids, Prototribosphenida also includes amphitheriids and peramurids, as well as a few isolated genera such as Vincelestes. It excludes the various basal cladotherian groups which have been combined under the label "dryolestoids".[1] The clade Zatheria is even more exclusive, restricted to solely peramurids and tribosphenids. Zatheria is defined as "the common ancestor of Peramus and living marsupials and placentals, plus all of its descendants".[1]
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Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes ranked as a legion) of mammals. It contains modern therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) and several extinct groups...
Mesozoic Era. It includes both the extinct symmetrodonts and the living Cladotheria. Trechnotheria has been assigned various ranks, but was originally described...
herbivores/omnivores. Meridiolestidans are generally classified within Cladotheria, more closely related to living marsupials and placental mammals (Theria)...
thought to have been insectivores. They are generally classified in Cladotheria, meaning that they are considered to be more closely related to marsupials...
Jurassic and Cretaceous. They are considered basal members of the clade Cladotheria, close to the ancestry of therian mammals. It is also believed that they...
Martin (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings...
Europe, Africa, and upper North America are in class Mammalia, legion Cladotheria, sublegion Zatheria, infralegion Tribosphenida, subclass Theria, clade...
(2022-06-02). "An African Radiation of 'Dryolestoidea' (Donodontidae, Cladotheria) and its Significance for Mammalian Evolution". Journal of Mammalian...
This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals. It does not include extant mammals or recently extinct mammals. For extinct primate species, see: list...
T. (2020-09-01). "Postcranial Skeleton of Henkelotherium guimarotae (Cladotheria, Mammalia) and Locomotor Adaptation". Journal of Mammalian Evolution...
distributed and taxonomically diverse, suggesting that the early evolution of Cladotheria was not restricted to Laurasia as commonly believed. The following cladogram...
Martin, T. (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings...
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