Placentalia

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin placentālis (“placental”), from placenta.

Proper noun

Placentalia

1. The clade originating with the last common ancestor of extant eutherians
2. (archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Mammalia.
3. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria.

Synonyms

• (clade): Eutheria

Hypernyms

• (clade): Tetrapoda - superclass; Amniota, Synapsida - clade; Pelycosauria - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida - order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes - clades; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort
• (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass

Hyponyms

• Afrotheria, Euarchontoglires, Laurasiatheria, †Meridiungulata, Xenarthra - superorders

• Atlantogenata, Boreoeutheria - magnorders

References

• Placentalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Placentalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Placentalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons