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Zatheria

Zatheria

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Cladotheria.

Cladotheria incorporates a set of nested mammal clades culminating in Tribosphenida (also known as Boreosphenida), mammals with fully tribosphenic teeth such as therians and a few of their closest relatives. The clade Prototribosphenida includes "the common ancestor of Vincelestes and living therians, plus all of its descendants". Apart from tribosphenids, Prototribosphenida also includes amphitheriids and peramurids, as well as a few isolated genera such as Vincelestes. It excludes the various basal cladotherian groups which have been combined under the label "dryolestoids". The clade Zatheria is even more exclusive, restricted to solely peramurids and tribosphenids. Zatheria is defined as "the common ancestor of Peramus and living marsupials and placental mammals, plus all of its descendants".