Trechnotheria, the Glossary
Trechnotheria is a group of mammals that includes the therians and some fossil mammals from the Mesozoic Era.[1]
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42 relations: Aegialodontia, Allotheria, Amphidontidae, Amphilestidae, Amphitheriidae, Austrotriconodon, Chaoyangodens, Chunnelodon, Cladogram, Cladotheria, Donodontidae, Dryolestida, Eutheria, Eutriconodonta, Extinction, Fruitafossor, Gobiconodontidae, Magnimus, Malcolm McKenna, Maotherium, Marsupial, Meridiolestida, Mesozoic, Metatheria, Nanolestes, Pappotherium, Paraphyly, Peramuridae, Placentalia, Red fox, Spalacotheriidae, Symmetrodonta, Theria, Theriimorpha, Tinodon, Tinodontidae, Trechnotheria, Tribosphenida, Vincelestes, Zhangheotheriidae, Zhangheotherium, 1975 in paleontology.
- Extant Middle Jurassic first appearances
- Taxa described in 1975
Aegialodontia
Aegialodontia is a clade of extinct early mammals, close to the origin of Boreosphenida.
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Allotheria
Allotheria (meaning "other beasts", from the Greek αλλός, –other and θήριον, –wild animal) is an extinct clade of mammals known from the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic.
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Amphidontidae
The Amphidontidae are a family of extinct mammals from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, belonging to the eutriconodonts.
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Amphilestidae
Amphilestidae is a family of Mesozoic mammals, generally regarded as eutriconodonts.
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Amphitheriidae
Amphitheriidae is a family of Mesozoic mammals restricted to the Middle Jurassic of Britain, with indeterminate members also possibly known from the equivalently aged Itat Formation in Siberia and the Anoual Formation of Morocco.
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Austrotriconodon
Austrotriconodon is a mammal genus from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of South America.
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Chaoyangodens
Chaoyangodens is an extinct genus of eutriconodont mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China.
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Chunnelodon
Chunnelodon is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Southern England.
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Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
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Cladotheria
Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes ranked as a legion) of mammals. Trechnotheria and Cladotheria are extant Middle Jurassic first appearances, mammal stubs and taxa described in 1975.
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Donodontidae
Donodontidae is an extinct family of cladotherian mammals known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of North Africa. Trechnotheria and Donodontidae are mammal stubs.
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Dryolestida
Dryolestida is an extinct order of mammals, known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
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Eutheria
Eutheria (from Greek εὐ-, 'good, right' and θηρίον, 'beast'), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of placental mammals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials.
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Eutriconodonta
Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Fruitafossor
Fruitafossor was a termite-eating mammal endemic to North America during the Late Jurassic epoch (around 150 mya).
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Gobiconodontidae
Gobiconodontidae is a family of extinct mammals that ranged from the mid-Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous, though most common during the Early Cretaceous.
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Magnimus
Magnimus is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Southern England.
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Malcolm McKenna
Malcolm Carnegie McKenna (1930–2008) was an American paleontologist and author on the subject.
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Maotherium
Maotherium is a genus extinct symmetrodont mammal that was discovered in Early Cretaceous rocks in Liaoning Province, China, in 2003.
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Marsupial
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia.
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Meridiolestida
Meridiolestida is an extinct clade of mammals known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of South America and possibly Antarctica.
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Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.
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Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals.
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Nanolestes
Nanolestes is an extinct genus of mammals in the order Amphitheriida from the Late Jurassic of Eurasia.
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Pappotherium
Pappotherium is an extinct genus of mammals from the Albian (early Cretaceous) of Texas, US, known from a fossilized maxilla fragment bearing two tribosphenic molars, discovered within the Glen Rose Formation near Decatur, Wise County, Texas.
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Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
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Peramuridae
The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.
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Placentalia
Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.
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Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.
Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the paraphyletic group 'Symmetrodonta'.
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Symmetrodonta
Symmetrodonta is a group of Mesozoic mammals and mammal-like synapsids characterized by the triangular aspect of the molars when viewed from above, and the absence of a well-developed talonid.
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Theria
Theria is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes. Trechnotheria and Theria are extant Middle Jurassic first appearances.
Theriimorpha
Theriimorpha is a clade of mammals defined as including all mammals more closely related to therians (including placentals and marsupials) than to monotremes.
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Tinodon
Tinodon is an extinct genus of mammal alive 155–140.2 million years ago (Oxfordian-Berriasian) which has been found in the Morrison Formation (United States),Foster, J. (2007).
Tinodontidae
Tinodontidae is an extinct family of actively mobile mammals, endemic to what would now be North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
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Trechnotheria
Trechnotheria is a group of mammals that includes the therians and some fossil mammals from the Mesozoic Era. Trechnotheria and Trechnotheria are extant Middle Jurassic first appearances, mammal stubs and taxa described in 1975.
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Tribosphenida
Tribosphenida is a group (infralegion) of mammals that includes the ancestor of Hypomylos, Aegialodontia and Theria (the last common ancestor of marsupials and placentals plus all of its descendants).
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Vincelestes
Vincelestes ("Vince's thief") is an extinct genus of mammal that lived in what is now South America during the Early Cretaceous.
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Zhangheotheriidae
Zhangheotheriidae is a possibly paraphyletic family of "symmetrodont" mammals that is currently known from Early Cretaceous deposits in China and Russia.
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Zhangheotherium
Zhangheotherium is an extinct genus of "symmetrodont" mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China.
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1975 in paleontology
German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.
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See also
Extant Middle Jurassic first appearances
- Akera
- Arbacioida
- Asthenosoma
- Brachaelurus
- Cladotheria
- Coelurosauria
- Coleorrhyncha
- Echinothuriidae
- Echinothurioida
- Elopiformes
- Equisetum
- Flea
- Giant salamander
- Globulina (foram)
- Haplogynae
- Hexanchiformes
- Mammal
- Margaritiferidae
- Nevrorthidae
- Ophidia
- Opluridae
- Plagioeciidae
- Plectreuridae
- Pythonomorpha
- Salenioida
- Scincomorpha
- Stag beetle
- Stomatoporina
- Theria
- Trechnotheria
- Triops vicentinus
- Unionidae
- Vampyroteuthidae
- Vermetus
Taxa described in 1975
- Anulidentaliidae
- Asterochloris italiana
- Asteronema
- Cimolesta
- Cladotheria
- Confuga
- Conohypha
- Fordilloidea
- Jamesiella scotica
- Membranomyces
- Nigerophiidae
- Omniglypta
- Parvobasidium
- Rhabdus
- Satrapanus
- Stephanopus
- Trechnotheria
- Triunia
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trechnotheria
Also known as Alethinotheria, Trechnothere, Trechnotheres, Trechnotherian, Trechnotherians.