Pantotheria is an abandoned taxon of

Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretace ...

mammals. This group is now considered an informal "wastebasket" taxon and has been replaced by Dryolestida as well as other groups. It is sometimes treated as an infraclass and older books refer to it as being related to symmetrodonts. One classification makes it an

infraclass In biological classification, class ( la, classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. It is a group of related taxonomic orders. Other well-known ranks in descending order of size are life, domain, kingdo ...

with a single order, Eupantotheria.

Taxonomy

List of mammals that were at one time included in the group PantotheriaMikko's Phylogeny Archiv

*Genus †'' Tribactonodon, Tribactonodon bonfieldi'' Sigogneau-Russell, Hooker & Ensom 2001 *Genus †'' Paraungulatum rectangularis'' Bonaparte 1999 *Genus †'' Argaliatherium robustum '' Cifelli & Davis 2015 *Genus †'' Carinalestes murensis'' Cifelli & Davis 2015 *Genus †'' Hypomylos'' Sigogneau-Russell 1992 *Family † Picopsidae Fox 1980 **Genus †'' Picopsis pattersoni'' Fox 1980 **Genus †'' Tirotherium aptum'' Montellano-Ballesteros & Fox 2015 *Family † Casamiqueliidae Bonaparte 1999 **Genus †'' Casamiquelia rionegrina'' Bonaparte 1990 **Genus †'' Rougiertherium tricuspes'' Bonaparte 1999 **Genus †'' Alamitherium bishopi'' Bonaparte 1999 *Family †

Brandoniidae Dryolestidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic mammals, known from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous of the North Hemisphere. The oldest known member, '' Anthracolestes'', is known from the Middle Jurassic Itat Formation of Western Siber ...

Bonaparte 1992 **Genus †'' Brandonia intermedia'' Bonaparte 1992 *Family †

Donodontidae Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes ranked as a legion) of mammals. It contains modern therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) and several extinct groups, such as the dryolestoids, amphitheriids and peramurids. The clade was named in 1975 by M ...

Sigogneau-Russell 1991 **Genus †'' Donodon presciptoris'' Sigogneau-Russell 1991 *Family †

Paurodontidae Paurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. The group likely represents a paraphyletic group of b ...

Marsh 1887 **Genus †'' Brancatherulum tendagurense'' Dietrich, 1927 **Genus †'' Comotherium richi'' Prothero 1981 **Genus †'' Dorsetodon haysomi'' Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell 1998 **Genus †'' Drescheratherium acutum'' Krebs 1998 **Genus †'' Euthlastus cordiformis'' Simpson 1927 **Genus †'' Henkelotherium guimarotae'' Krebs 1991 **Genus †''

Paurodon valens ''Paurodon'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation of the Western United States. Taxonomy ''Paurodon'' is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. ''Araeodon'', ''Archaeotrigon'', ''Foxraptor'', ...

'' Marsh 1887 **Genus †'' Tathiodon agilis'' (Simpson 1927) Simpson 1927 'Tanaodon'' Simpson 1927 non Kirk 1927; ''Tanaodon agilis'' Simpson 1927*Family † Vincelestidae Bonaparte 1986 **Genus †'' Vincelestes neuquenianus'' Bonaparte 1986 *Order † Spalacotheriida Prothero 1981 palacotheroidea Prothero 1981; Quirogatheria Bonaparte 1992**Genus †'' Maotherium'' Rougier, Ji & Novacek 2003 ***†'' M. sinensis'' Rougier, Ji & Novacek 2003 ***†'' M. asiaticus'' Ji et al. 2009 **Family † Thereuodontidae Sigogneau-Russell 1998 ***Genus †'' Thereuodon'' Sigogneau-Russell 1987 ****†'' T. dahmanii'' Sigogneau-Russell 1987 ****†'' T. taraktes'' Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom 1998 *Order † Meridiolestida Rougier, Apesteguia & Gaetano 2011 **Genus †'' Leonardus cuspidatus'' Bonaparte 1990 **Genus †'' Cronopio dentiacutus'' Rougier, Apesteguia & Gaetano 2011 **Family † Necrolestidae Ameghino 1894 ***Genus †''

Necrolestes ''Necrolestes'' ("grave robber" or "thief of the dead") is an extinct genus of mammals, which lived during the Early Miocene in what is now Argentine Patagonia. It is the most recent known genus of Meridiolestida, an extinct group of mammals m ...

'' Ameghino 1894 sensu Rougier et al. 2012 ****†'' N. patagonensis'' Ameghino 1891 ****†'' N. mirabilis'' Goin et al. 2007 **Family †

Reigitheriidae ''Reigitherium'' was a mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous, in the (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian). Its fossils have been found in the Los Alamitos Formation, Los Alamitos and the La Colonia Formation, La Colonia Formation (geology), Form ...

Bonaparte 1990 ***Genus †'' Reigitherium bunodontum'' Bonaparte 1990 **Family † Peligotheriidae Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz 1993 ***Genus †''

Peligrotherium ''Peligrotherium'' is an extinct meridiolestidan, and the sole member of the family Peligrotheriidae, from the Paleocene of Patagonia, originally interpreted as a stem-ungulate (though it did co-exist with early meridiungulates). Its remains hav ...

'' Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz 1993 **Family † Mesungulatidae Bonaparte 1986 sensu Rougier et al. 2009 ***Genus †'' Coloniatherium'' Rougier et al. 2009 ***Genus †'' Quirogatherium'' Bonaparte 1990 ***Genus †'' Mesungulatum'' Bonaparte & Soria 1985 *Order † Dryolestida Prothero 1981 sensu stricto Rougier et al. 2012 **Family † Barbereniidae Bonaparte 1990 ***Genus †'' Barberenia'' Bonaparte 1990 ****†'' B. araujoae'' Bonaparte 1990 ****†'' B. allenensis'' Rougier et al. 2008 **Family †

Dryolestidae Dryolestidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic mammals, known from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous of the North Hemisphere. The oldest known member, '' Anthracolestes'', is known from the Middle Jurassic Itat Formation of Western Siber ...

Marsh 1879 ***Genus †'' Anthracolestes'' Averianov, Martin & Lopatin 2014 ***Genus †'' Guimarotodus'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †'' Krebsotherium'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †''

Phascolestes ''Phascolestes'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous Southern England. The type and only species is ''Phascolestes mustelulus'', which was named by Richard Owen in 1871 for dental material from the Lulw ...

'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †'' Lakotalestes luoi'' Cifelli, Davis & Sames 2014 ***Genus †''

Laolestes ''Laolestes'' is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their Wor ...

'' Simpson 1927 ***Genus †''

Achyrodon ''Achyrodon'' is an extinct genus of mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous southern England. The taxon was first described by Richard Owen in 1871 for teeth from the Lulworth Formation. The taxon has been considered a synonym ...

'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †''

Amblotherium ''Amblotherium'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous mammal. The type species ''Amblotherium pusillum'' is from the Lulworth Formation of southern England, while the referred species ''Amblotherium gracile'' is from strati ...

'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †''

Dryolestes ''Dryolestes'' is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation and the Alcobaça Formation The Alcobaça Formation, previously known as the Guimarota Formation and also known as the Consolação Unit, is a geological fo ...

'' Marsh 1878 ***Genus †'' Portopinheirodon'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †''

Kurtodon ''Phascolestes'' is a genus of extinct mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous Southern England. The type and only species is ''Phascolestes mustelulus'', which was named by Richard Owen in 1871 for dental material from the Lulw ...

'' Osborn 1887 ***Genus †''

Crusafontia ''Crusafontia'' is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous Camarillas, El Castellar and La Huérguina Formations of Spain. The name of the animal was given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó. ''Crusafontia ...

'' Henkel & Krebs 1969 ***Genus †'' Groeberitherium'' Bonaparte 1986 *Order † Amphitheriida Prothero 1981 **Family † Amphitheriidae Owen 1846 ***Genus †'' Amphibetulimus'' Lopatin & Averianov 2007 ***Genus †'' Amphitherium'' de Blainville 1838 *Order † Peramurida McKenna 1975 **Family †

Peramuridae The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name), is the earlie ...

Kretzoi 1946 ***Genus †'' Kiyatherium cardiodens'' Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich 2002 ***Genus †'' Tendagurutherium dietrichi'' Heinrich 1998 ***Genus †'' Peramuroides tenuiscus'' Davis 2012 ***Genus †'' Kouriogenys minor'' (Owen 1871) Davis 2012 'Spalacotherium minus'' Owen 1871***Genus †''

Peramus ''Peramus'' is an extinct genus of cladotherian mammal. It lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Species There are three known extinct species in the genus: * '' Peramus dubius'' Lulworth Formation, Unit ...

'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †''

Palaeoxonodon ''Palaeoxonodon'' is an extinct genus of Cladotherian mammal from the Middle Jurassic of England and Scotland. Discovery The first fossils of ''Palaeoxonodon ooliticus'' were found in the Kirtlington cement quarry, Oxfordshire, England. This ...

'' Freeman 1976 ***Genus †''

Abelodon ''Abelodon'' is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, which lived during the Barremian age. It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation. Paleoecology Abelodon lived alongside various archosaurs in ...

'' Brunet et al. 1991 ***Genus †'' Pocamus'' Canudo & Cuenca-Bescós 1996

References

External links

* http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=59655&tree=0.1&syn=1 * http://www.answers.com/pantotheria {{Taxonbar, from=Q7131918 Mesozoic mammals Jurassic first appearances Jurassic extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1880 Obsolete mammal taxa