Prototheria

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Noun

Prototheria - echidnas; platypus

subclass Prototheria

class Mammalia, Mammalia - warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

Monotremata, order Monotremata - coextensive with the subclass Prototheria

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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The group Metatheria (Didelphimorphia) has relevance among mammals, particularly related to reproduction aspects, as they represent an important transition link between Prototheria and Eutheria groups.

Volumetric Computed Tomography Reconstruction, Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing of Opossum Head (Didelphis albiventris)/Reconstruccion Volumetrica por Tomografia Computarizada, Prototipado Rapido e Impresion 3D de Cabeza de Zarigueya (Didelphis albiventris)

Los marsupiales en si mismos, asi como los Prototheria, no son definidos en un capitulo introductorio con el detalle con que se manejan los grupos tratados, aunque las caracteristicas generales de cada grupo son abordadas en las palabras introductorias de Don Wilson.

Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials

However, new studies have shown that older lineages of mammals (Metatheria and Prototheria) retain additional classes (AQP13 and -14) (Finn and Cerda, 2011; Finn et al., 2014).