metatherian
C48416
concept
A metatherian is a member of a mammalian group more closely related to marsupials than to placental mammals, characterized by distinctive reproductive and anatomical traits that diverged early in mammalian evolution.
Observed surface forms (1)
- marsupial species ×1
Instances (3)
- Thylacoleo carnifex
- Myrmecobius fasciatus via concept surface "marsupial species"
- Microbiotherium