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Metatheria  Huxley, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179917

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Infraclass  
  Synonym(s): Marsupialia Illiger, 1811
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
    Direct Children:  
                               Order Dasyuromorphia Gill, 1872  
                               Order Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872 – cuica, didelfimorfo, gambá, marsupial, mucura, marsupials, American marsupials 
                               Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866  
                               Order Microbiotheria Ameghino, 1889  
                               Order Notoryctemorphia Kirsch in Hunsaker, 1977 – marsupial 'moles' 
                               Order Paucituberculata Ameghino, 1894  
                               Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Metatheria    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Metatheria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Metatheria   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simpson, George Gaylord  
  Publication Date: 1945   
  Article/Chapter Title: The principles of classification and a classification of mammals   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 85   
  Page(s): xvi + 350   
  Publisher: American Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: New York, NY, USA   
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  Reference for: Metatheria   
       

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