IRMNG - Theria

IRMNG taxon details

Theria

IRMNG_ID

11922423 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11922423)

Classification

Authority

Parker & Haswell, 1897

Status

accepted

Rank

Subclass

Parent

Mammalia

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Genus Anisorhizus Ameghino, 1902 †
Genus Chunnelodon Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998 †
Genus Dakotadens Eaton, 1993 †
Order Dryolestida †
Infraclass Eutheria
Family Holoclemensiidae Aplin & Archer, 1987 †
Family Kermackiidae Butler, 1978 †
Genus Magnimus Sigogneau-Russell, 1999 †
Infraclass Metatheria
Genus Minimus Sigogneau-Russell, 1999 †
Genus Paleomolops Cifelli, 1994 †
Genus Patagomaia Chimento, Agnolín, García-Marsà, Manabe, Tsuihiji & Novas, 2024 †
Family Picopsidae Fox, 1980 †
Family Plicatodontidae Ameghino, 1904 †
Family Potamotelsidae Nessov, 1987 †
Order Symmetrodonta †
Order Eupantotheria † accepted as Dryolestida † (obsolete name (now multiple orders))
Infraclass Marsupialia accepted as Metatheria
Infraclass Placentalia accepted as Eutheria
Order Spalacotherioidea † accepted as Symmetrodonta † (currently treated as superfamily)
Order Uranotheria accepted as Eutheria (no longer used (covers multiple orders))

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Used in IRMNG per Ruggiero et al. and McKenna & Bell, 1997, to comprise both marsupial and placental mammals. Original...

Taxonomic remark Used in IRMNG per Ruggiero et al. and McKenna & Bell, 1997, to comprise both marsupial and placental mammals. Original rank: subclass; used as a supercohort in McKenna & Bell, subclass in Ruggiero et al. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Theria. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11922423 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2022-04-25 18:45:53Z

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Rees, Tony

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Sources (6)
Notes (2)

basis of record McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as supercohort [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

extant flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details]

habitat flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Placental mammals (i.e., all except monotremes). [details]