Theriiformes
Appearance
It has been suggested that this article be merged with Trechnotheria. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2018. |
Theriiformes Temporal range: Late Triassic - Holocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Theriimorpha |
Clade: | Theriiformes McKenna & Bell, 1997 |
Infraclasses | |
Theriiformes is a subclass of mammals. The term was coined in 1997 by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.[1] In the strict sense, it is defined as all mammals more closely related to therians than to monotremes.
References
- ^ McKenna, Malcolm; Bell, Susan (March 15, 1997). Classificatoin of Mammals Above the species Level (first ed.). New York City: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231110129.
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