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Laurasiatheria

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boreoeutheria("northern true beasts") a magnorder of placental mammals that groups together superorders Euarchontoglires and Laurasiatheria.
carnivoraformes—
scrotifera("scrotum bearers") a clade of placental mammals that groups together grandorder Ferungulata, Chiroptera (bats), other extinct members and their common ancestors.
carnivoramorpha("carnivoran-like forms") a clade of placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae, that includes the modern order Carnivora and its extinct stem-relatives.
ferungulata("wild beasts and ungulates") a grandorder of placental mammals that groups together mirorder Ferae and clade Pan-Euungulata.
eutheriaEutheria (from Greek , 'good, right' and , 'beast'; ), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of placentals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials.
tethytheriaa clade of mammals that includes the sirenians, proboscideans,
ferae("wild beasts") a mirorder of placental mammals in grandorder Ferungulata, that groups together clades Pan-Carnivora (that includes carnivorans and their fossil relatives) and Pholidotamorpha (pangolins and their fossil relatives).
metatheria(from Greek , 'changed' and , 'beast'; ) a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals.
atlantogenata("born round the Atlantic Ocean") a proposed clade (magnorder) of placental mammals containing the cohorts or superorders Xenarthra and Afrotheria.
therapsidnounAny member of the order Therapsida
mammaliaformes("mammalian forms") a clade of synapsid tetrapods that includes the crown group mammals and their closest extinct relatives; the group radiated from earlier probainognathian cynodonts during the Late Triassic.
pholidotamorpha("pangolin-like forms") a clade of placental mammals from mirorder Ferae that includes the order Pholidota (the pangolins) and extinct order Palaeanodonta.
tribosphenidaa 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).
eupelycosauriaa large clade of animals characterized by the unique shape of their skull, encompassing all mammals and their closest extinct relatives.
pan-carnivora—
placentaliaPlacental mammals (infraclass Placentalia ) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.
epicynodontiaa clade of cynodont therapsids that includes most cynodonts, such as galesaurids, thrinaxodontids, and Eucynodontia (including mammals).
plateosauria—
lepidosauriaThe (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.

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