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Pantotheria is an abandoned taxon of
Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era is the Era (geology), era of Earth's Geologic time scale, geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Period (geology), Periods. It is characterized by the dominance of archosaurian r ...
mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...
s. This group is now considered an informal "wastebasket" taxon and has been replaced by Dryolestida as well as other groups.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 biology, taxonomic rank (which some authors prefer to call nomenclatural rank because ranking is part of nomenclature rather than taxonomy proper, according to some definitions of these terms) is the relative or absolute level of a group of or ...
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 Bonaparte 1992 **Genus †'' Brandonia intermedia'' Bonaparte 1992 *Family † Donodontidae Sigogneau-Russell 1991 **Genus †'' Donodon presciptoris'' Sigogneau-Russell 1991 *Family † Paurodontidae 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'' 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 ''Maotherium'' is a genus extinct symmetrodont mammal that was discovered in Early Cretaceous rocks in Liaoning Province, China, in 2003. Its scientific name directly translates to "fur beast", in reference to the impressions of fur around the f ...
'' 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 Meridiolestida is an extinct clade of mammals known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of South America and possibly Antarctica. They represented the dominant group of mammals in South America during the Late Cretaceous. Meridiolestidans were morph ...
Rougier, Apesteguia & Gaetano 2011 **Genus †'' Leonardus cuspidatus'' Bonaparte 1990 **Genus †'' Cronopio dentiacutus'' Rougier, Apesteguia & Gaetano 2011 **Family † Necrolestidae Ameghino 1894 ***Genus †'' Necrolestes'' Ameghino 1894 sensu Rougier et al. 2012 ****†'' N. patagonensis'' Ameghino 1891 ****†'' N. mirabilis'' Goin et al. 2007 **Family † Reigitheriidae Bonaparte 1990 ***Genus †'' Reigitherium bunodontum'' Bonaparte 1990 **Family † Peligotheriidae Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz 1993 ***Genus †'' Peligrotherium'' Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz 1993 **Family † Mesungulatidae Bonaparte 1986 sensu Rougier et al. 2009 ***Genus †''
Coloniatherium ''Coloniatherium'' is a meridiolestid mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. The single species, ''Coloniatherium cilinskii'', was a large member of the family Mesungulatidae. Taxonomy ''Coloniatherium'' was named in 2009 by Guillermo R ...
'' 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 Marsh 1879 ***Genus †'' Anthracolestes'' Averianov, Martin & Lopatin 2014 ***Genus †'' Guimarotodus'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †'' Krebsotherium'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †'' Phascolestes'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †'' Lakotalestes luoi'' Cifelli, Davis & Sames 2014 ***Genus †'' Laolestes'' Simpson 1927 ***Genus †'' Achyrodon'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †'' Amblotherium'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †'' Dryolestes'' Marsh 1878 ***Genus †'' Portopinheirodon'' Martin 1999 ***Genus †'' Kurtodon'' Osborn 1887 ***Genus †'' 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 earlier ...
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'' Owen 1871 ***Genus †'' Palaeoxonodon'' Freeman 1976 ***Genus †'' Abelodon'' 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