Multituberculata
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Multituberculata is an extinct order of rodent-like mammals with a fossil record spanning over 130 million years. They first appeared in the Middle Jurassic, and reached a peak diversity during the La
Catopsbaatar catopsaloides
Restoration of Taeniolabis, the largest multituberculate at approximately 22 kg (49 lb).
Skull of Ptilodus. Notice the massive blade-like lower premolar.
Lower jaws and teeth of allodontid multituberculates
Allotheria
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Allotheria is an extinct clade of theriiform mammals known from the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic. Shared characteristics of the group are the presence of lower molariform teeth equipped with longitudin
Multituberculata
…Monotremata, but usually as closer to Theria than to monotremes. They are considered to be closely related to Euharamiyida and Gondwanatheria as part of Allotheria. The multituberculates had a cranial and dental anatomy superficially similar to rodents such as mice and rats, with cheek-teeth separated from the…
Ptilodus skull
Tachyglossus aculeatus Cayley
Repenomamus BW
Cronopio NT