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Monophyletic taxon: Cohort Marsupialia Jameson, 1818 - marsupials (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (R. Jameson, 1818) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Original name & spelling:  Jameson, (R.) 1818. In [G.] Cuvier, Essay Theory Earth [ed. 3]: 245.
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 51 ("Illiger, 1811:75, new rank").

Variants

Basionym: Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 51 (note 1). [new] [inferred]
Clade-based name: Marsupialia (Clade) Jameson 1818 [O'Leary, Allard, Novacek, Meng & Gatesy 2004] Ref: Archer, 1984b
Current rank: Marsupialia (Infraclass) Jameson, 1818 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56. [inferred]
Former rank: Marsupialia (Infraclass) Jameson, 1818 Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 1.2. [inferred]
Former rank: Marsupialia (Supercohort) Jameson, 1818 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 51 (note 1). [new]
Former rank: Marsupialia (Superorder) Jameson, 1818 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 51 (note 1). [new]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Metatheria (Subclass) Huxley, 1880 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 51. [new] [implicit]
Synonymous name: Metatheria (Infraclass) Huxley, 1880 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 51 (incl. note 6). [new]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: marsupials
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