Tribosphenidans Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Holocene,
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Kangaroo with her joey | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Zatheria |
Clade: | Tribosphenida McKenna, 1975 |
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Synonyms | |
Boreosphenida |
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). Its current definition is more or less synonymous with Boreosphenida.[1][2]