Theriiformes

Theriiformes

Theriiformes

Clade of mammals

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 (which form part of the broader group Allotheria, along with Gondwanatheria and likely all/part of Haramiyida) and Theria (the group containing marsupials and placentals).[2] Mammals more closely related to therians than to multituberculates are included in the clade Trechnotheria.[3] As multituberculates are usually considered more closely related to therians than monotremes are, it is considered to be a subgroup of the mammalian crown group.[4]

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The cladogram below follows Luo et al. (2016):[5]

Mammalia

References

  1. [1]
    Rowe, T. (1988). "Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011708.
  2. [2]
    Zachos, Frank; Asher, Robert, eds. (2018-10-22). Mammalian Evolution, Diversity and Systematics. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-034155-3.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Macrini, Thomas E.; Rougier, Guillermo W.; Rowe, Timothy (July 2007). "Description of a Cranial Endocast from the Fossil MammalVincelestes 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.
  5. [5]
    Luo, Zhe-Xi; Schultz, Julia A.; Ekdale, Eric G. (2016). "Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals". In Clack, Jennifer A.; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N. (eds.). Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear. Vol. 59. pp. 139–174. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_6.
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