Theriiformes

Theriiformes
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic to Recent
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Theriimorpha
Clade: Theriiformes
Rowe, 1988
Subgroups

Theriiformes is a clade of mammals. The term was first used by Timothy B. Rowe in his doctoral dissertation. Theriiformes are the clade formed by the most recent common ancestor of multituberculates and therians.

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

Mammalia

References

  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. ↑ 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.
  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. 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.