Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Allotheria – multituberculates and relatives

After Krause, Hoffmann, Wible, Kirk, Schultz, von Koenigswald, Groenke, Rossie, O'Connor, Seiffert, Dumont, Holloway, Rogers, Rahantarisoa, Kemp & Andriamialison, 2014

Alternative view after Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001

Alternative view after McKenna & Bell, 1997

Alternative view after Carroll, 1988 [only families]

<==o †Allotheria Marsh, 1880
   `==o †Haramiyida Simpson, 1947 sensu Jenkins et al., 1997 [Haramiyida Hahn, 1973] [Synonyms]
      |-- †Haramiyavia clemmenseni Jenkins, Gatesy, Shubin & Amaral, 1997 [Haramiyaviidae Butler, 2000]
      `--+-- †Thomasia Poche, 1908
         `--+-- †Multituberculata Cope, 1884 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001
            `--+-- †Arboroharamiya jenkinsi Zheng, Bi, Wang & Meng, 2013 [Arboroharamiyidae Zheng, Bi, Wang & Meng, 2013] M.-L.Jur. EAs.
               `-- †Gondwanatheria Mones, 1987

Alternative phylogenies of Allotheria:

<==o †Allotheria
   |?- †Haramiyida
   |?- †Gondwanatheria
   `-- †Multituberculata

<==o †Allotheria
   |?- †Haramiyidae
   `--o †Multituberculata
      |?- †Xyronomys
      |?- †Glirodon
      |-- †Plagiaulacoidea
      `--+-- †Gondwanatheria
         `-- †Cimolodonta

<==o †Allotheria Marsh, 1880
   |--o †Haramiya
   |  `-- †Haramiyidae
   `--o †Multituberculata
      |?- †Allacodon
      |?- †Viridomys
      |?- †Cimexomys
      |?- †Cimolomyidae
      |?- †Theroteinidae
      |--o †Plagiaulacoidea
      |  |-- †Arginbaataridae
      |  |-- †Paulchoffatiidae
      |  `-- †Plagiaulacidae
      |--o †Ptilodontoidea
      |  |-- †Boffiidae
      |  |-- †Neoplagiaulacidae
      |  |-- †Cimolodontidae
      |  `-- †Ptilodontidae
      |--o †Taeniolabidoidea
      |  |-- †Taeniolabididae
      |  |-- †Eucosmodontidae
      |  |-- †Chulsanbaataridae
      |  `-- †Sloanbaataridae
      `--o †Gondwanatheria
         |-- †Ferugliotheriidae
         |-- †Gondwanatheridae
         `-- †Sudamericanidae

Reference(s):

• Bonaparte, J. F., 1986: A new and unusual Late Cretaceous mammal from Patagonia.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 6, #2, pp. 264-270
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Dykes, T., 2002: Personal correspondence.
• Engelmann, G. F. & Callison, G., 2001?: Glirodon grandis, a new multituberculate mammal from the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation.
  –Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, 2001?, pp. 161-178
  [Pers. comm. from Dykes, 2002]
• Gurovich, Y., 2001: Redescription of a dentary of Gondwanatherium patagonicum (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) and comparisons with dentaries of other gondwanathere mammals of Argentina.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #3, Supplement to #3, pp. 57A
• Jenkins, F. A. Jr., Gatesy, S. M., Shubin, N. H. & Amarai, W. W., 1997: Haramiyids and Triassic mammalian evolution.
  –Nature: Vol. 385, 20 February, pp. 715-718
• Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. & Hurum, J. H., 2001: Phylogeny and systematics of multituberculate mammals.
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• Krause, D. W., Hoffmann, S., Wible, J. R., Kirk, E. C., Schultz, J. A., von Koenigswald, W., Groenke, J. R., Rossie, J. B., O'Connor, P. M., Seiffert, E. R., Dumont, E. R., Holloway, W. L., Rogers, R. R., Rahantarisoa, L. J., Kemp, A. D. & Andriamialison, H., 2014: First cranial remains of a gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable mosaicism.
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• Krause, D. W., Prasad, G. V. R., von Koenigswald, W., Sahni, A. & Grine, F. E., 1997: Cosmopolitanism among gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals.
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• Krause, D. W., Wible, J. R., Hoffmann, S., Groenke, J. R., O’Connor, P. M., Holloway, W. L. & Rossie, J. B., 2014: Craniofacial Morphology of Vintana Sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.
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• McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
  –Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
• Zheng, X., Bi, S., Wang, X. & Meng, J., 2013: A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period.
  –Nature: Vol. 500, #7461, pp. 199-202 [doi: 10.1038/nature12353]