Eutheria

E38259
clade mammal clade taxon

Eutheria is a major clade of mammals that includes all placental mammals and their extinct relatives, characterized by prolonged gestation and complex placental development.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eutheria canonical 29
Placentalia 8
Eutheria (placental mammals) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
mammal clade ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characteristic complete development of young before birth ⓘ
complex placenta ⓘ
prolonged gestation ⓘ
viviparity ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName eutherian mammals ⓘ
contains Afrotheria ⓘ
Euarchontoglires ⓘ
Laurasiatheria ⓘ
Xenarthra ⓘ
definingFeature absence of epipubic bones in living forms ⓘ
presence of a true placenta connecting fetus and mother ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Metatheria by longer intrauterine development ⓘ
earliestFossils Eomaia ⓘ
Juramaia ⓘ
excludes Marsupialia ⓘ
Monotremata ⓘ
fossilRange Late Jurassic to Recent ⓘ
includes Afrosoricida ⓘ
Carnivora ⓘ
Artiodactyla ⓘ
surface form: Cetartiodactyla

Chiroptera ⓘ
Xenarthra ⓘ
surface form: Cingulata

Dermoptera ⓘ
Eulipotyphla ⓘ
Hyracoidea ⓘ
Lagomorpha ⓘ
Macroscelidea ⓘ
Microbiotheria (fossil eutherians sometimes historically misassigned) ⓘ
Perissodactyla ⓘ
Pholidota ⓘ
Pilosa ⓘ
Placentalia ⓘ
Primates ⓘ
Proboscidea ⓘ
Rodentia ⓘ
Scandentia ⓘ
Sirenia ⓘ
Tubulidentata ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedBy Thomas Henry Huxley ⓘ
parentTaxon Theria ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction placental reproduction ⓘ
sisterGroup Marsupialia ⓘ
surface form: Metatheria
subclass Theria ⓘ
taxonRank infraclass ⓘ
yearNamed 1880 ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xerospermophilus → belongsToClade → Eutheria ⓘ
Artiodactyla → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Laurasiatheria → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Laurasiatheria → isSubsetOf → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Laurasiatheria → isSubsetOf → Eutheria ⓘ
Perissodactyla → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Mammalia → includesSubclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Mammalia → includesInfraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Odontoceti → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Theria → includes → Eutheria ⓘ
Theria → hasSubgroup → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eutheria (placental mammals)
Theria → hasExtantLineages → Eutheria ⓘ
Nandiniidae → belongsToClade → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Haplorhini → higherClade → Eutheria ⓘ
Afrotheria → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Xenarthra → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Lagomorpha → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Eulipotyphla → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Hyracoidea → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Tubulidentata → belongsToClade → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Juramaia → clade → Eutheria ⓘ
Eomaia → clade → Eutheria ⓘ
Euarchontoglires → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Euarchontoglires → partOf → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Afrosoricida → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Glires → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Glires → memberOf → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Sciurognathi → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Hystricognathi → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Castorimorpha → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Xiphodontidae → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Boreoeutheria → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Boreoeutheria → partOf → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia
Boreoeutheria → higherClassification → Eutheria ⓘ
Cetancodonta → infraclass → Eutheria ⓘ
Sciuroidea → higherClassification → Eutheria ⓘ
Caniformia → higherClassification → Eutheria ⓘ
Caniformia → higherClassification → Eutheria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentalia