Cladoterium

Cladoterium
	Giant kangaroo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Grade:	Mammals
Subclass:	Theriiform
Infraclass:	Holothera
Suplegion:	Trechnoteria
Legion:	Cladoterium
Latin name
	Cladotheria McKenna, 1975

Cladotherium ( lat. Cladotheria ) - in the extended alternative classification of the legion of viviparous mammals , including dryolestoids and losses ( tribosphenides , peramurids ). Included in the suplegion of trioteria .

Content

McKenna & Bell Classification (1997)

Class Mammals ( Mammalia )
- Subclass Theriiformes
  - Infraclass Holotheria
    - Suplegion of Trinotheria ( Trechnotheria )
      - Cladotheria Legion ( Cladotheria )
        † Butlerigale sp.
        † Ausktribosphenidae
        Sublegion † Dryolestoidea ( Dryolestoidea )
        Dryolestida
        Amphitheriida
        Palaeoxonodon ^[1]
        Sublegion of Zateria ( Zatheria )

Classification by Wang, Clemens, Hu & Li (1998)

Cladotheria
- † Butlerigale
- † Dryolestoidea
- † Amphitheriida
  - † Amphitherium
- Zatheria
  - † Arguitherium
  - † Arguimus
  - † Nanolestes
  - † Vincelestes
  - † Peramura
  - Tribosphenida

Literature

McKenna, Bell: Classification of Mammal: Above the Species Level. - Columbia University Press, 2000

Notes

↑ A lower jaw of Palaeoxonodon from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the diversity of British stem therians

Links

[1] A lower jaw of Palaeoxonodon from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the diversity of British stem therians