Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia

Phylogeny

Node-based clade		Ref: J.R. Wible et al., 1995: abstract ("+"). [implicit]
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: J.R. Wible et al., 1995: fig. 3. [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Theria (Clade) Parker & Haswell 1897 [McKenna 1975]		Ref: J.R. Wible et al., 1995: 9.
†Vincelestes (Genus) Bonaparte, 1986		Ref: J.R. Wible et al., 1995: 9.

Node-based clade

Prototribosphenida (Clade) Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995

Ref: Z.-X. Luo et al., 2002: 28.

Current position

Zatheria (Clade) McKenna 1975

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 10.3 (p. 330). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Cladotheria (Legion) McKenna, 1975

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 10.3 (p. 330).

Historical positions

Cladotheria (Legion) McKenna, 1975

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 10.3.

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

26o;163f;1202g;5115s;4347ss;302v; ‡12f;52g;110s;33ss;1v; †34o;303f;4216g;1460s;65ss;1v