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metatherian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mammal, mammalian |
| Has types | marsupial, pouched mammal |
Examples of metatherian
metatherian
Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist-like properties in X-chromosome inactivation.
From the nature.com
From there evolved into the metatherian mammals, which bear their young live but don't have a placenta.
From the newscientist.com
The largest known metatherian carnivore, Proborhyaena gigantea, apparently reached 600 kg, also close to this limit.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Prior to the discovery of Sinodelphys, the previously earliest metatherian fossils were some isolated teeth from the 110 million year old sediments of North America.
From the sciencedaily.com
During the lower Cretaceous, about 125 million years ago, the first known metatherian called Sinodelphys szalayi lived in the region that would become northeastern China.
From the kyletaitt.scienceblog.com
Modern marsupials are a significant part of the larger metatherian mammal group, and are the descendants of the extinct metatherians that lived during the age of dinosaurs, known as the Mesozoic.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
- Metatheria is a grouping within the animal class Mammalia. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is nearly synonymous with the earlier taxon Marsupialia (Illiger, 1811) though it is slightly wider since it also contains the nearest fossil relatives of marsupial mammals.
