Metatheria

Dasyurus maculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Metatheria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria

‎Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cladi: Marsupialiformes – †Deltatheroida
Genera incertae sedis: †Adinodon – †Holoclemensia – ?†Sinodelphys

Name

Metatheria Huxley, 1880: 657

References

Primary references

• Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the Application of the Laws of Evolution to the Arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 649–662. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beck, R.M.D. 2023. Diversity and Phylogeny of Marsupials and Their Stem Relatives (Metatheria). Pp. 23–88. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_35 Google Books In: Cáceres, N.C. & Dickman, C.R. (edd.) American and Australasian Marsupials: An Evolutionary, Biogeographical, and Ecological Approach. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-88800-8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Beutelsäuger
Ελληνικά: Μεταθήρια
español: Metaterios
suomi: Istukattomat nisäkkäät, pussieläimet
Nordfriisk: Pöösdiarten
italiano: Metateri
日本語: 後獣下綱
한국어: 후수하강(後獸下綱)
Nederlands: Buideldieren
polski: Ssaki niższe
русский: Метатерии
українська: Нижчі звірі

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