Zatheria

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Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζά (, very) (intensifier) + Theria (a subclass of mammals), from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, wild beast)

Proper noun

Zatheria

  1. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Mammalia – ancestral to modern marsupials and placentals.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • (infraclass): Theria – subclass

References

  1. ^ 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