Translingual

Proper noun

Metatheria

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – the marsupials and the extinct species more closely related to the marsupials than to humans or rodents.

Usage notes

• Almost synonymous with Marsupialia

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; (Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass;) Theria - subclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Paucituberculata, Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, Dasyuromorphia, Notoryctemorphia, Peramelemorphia, Diprotodontia - orders

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521