Tribosphenida

Tribosphenida
Temporal range:
Eomaia fossil
Kangaroo with her joey
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Zatheria
Clade: Tribosphenida
McKenna, 1975
Clades

Tribosphenida is a clade of mammals that includes the ancestor of Hypomylos, Aegialodontia and Theria (the last common ancestor of marsupials and placentals plus all of its descendants). It belongs to the group Zatheria. The current definition of Tribosphenida is more or less synonymous with Boreosphenida.