Metatheria

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “changed”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Proper noun

Metatheria

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – marsupials and the extinct species more closely related to the marsupials than to placentals.

Usage notes

• Almost synonymous with Marsupialia

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Ameridelphia, Australidelphia – superorders

• (infraclass): Dasyuromorphia, Didelphimorphia, Diprotodontia, Microbiotheria, Notoryctemorphia, Paucituberculata, Peramelemorphia – orders

References

• Metatheria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Metatheria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Metatheria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Metatheria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Metatheria at Animal Diversity Web
• Metatheria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI