Zatheria
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζά (zá, “very”) (intensifier) + Theria (“a subclass of mammals”), from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”)
Proper noun
Zatheria
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Mammalia – ancestral to modern marsupials and placentals.
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Tetrapoda - superclass; Amniota, Synapsida - clades; Pelycosauria - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida - order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes - clades; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Theria, Paralotheria - supercohorts
Further reading
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