Mammaliaformes
Translingual
Etymology
Mammalia + -iformes
Proper noun
Mammaliaformes
- A taxonomic clade within the order Therapsida.
Usage notes
- Ranks are sometimes assigned to well-studied lines of taxa, such as those leading to Homo. As the assignment of 'order' to Therapsida and 'class' to Mammalia (placed under Therapsida) shows, they are no longer of much utility.
- The clades themselves are periodically invented and reinvented, defined and redefined, circumscribed and recircumscribed, and sometimes abandoned.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Synapsidomorpha, Synapsida - clades; Pelycosauria - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida - order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia - clades
Hyponyms
- (clade): Mammalia - class; †Sinoconodon, †Morganucodonta - order; †Eleutherodontidae - family
References
Mammaliaformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mammaliaformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mammaliaformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mammaliaformes at Paleology Database