Metatheria
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “changed”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Proper noun
Metatheria
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – the marsupials and the extinct species more closely related to the marsupials than to humans or rodents.
Usage notes
- Almost synonymous with Marsupialia
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; (Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass;) Theria - subclass
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Paucituberculata, Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, Dasyuromorphia, Notoryctemorphia, Peramelemorphia, Diprotodontia - orders
References
Metatheria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Metatheria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Metatheria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Metatheria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Metatheria at Animal Diversity Web
- Metatheria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521