Placentalia
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Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin placentālis (“placental”), from placenta.
Proper noun
Placentalia
- The clade originating with the last common ancestor of extant eutherians
- (archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Mammalia.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria.[1]
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
