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Morganucodonta
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Translingual
Etymology
mul
Proper noun
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order clade Mammaliaformes extinct basal Mammaliaformes, including some that are ancestors of all modern mammals
Usage notes
The question of whether Morganucodonta should be regarded as mammals or as Mammaliaformes (and ancestral to mammals) is still subject to debate. Proponents of the latter view restrict Mammalia class to the crown group of all modern mammals. For more detail, see Morganucodonta#Classification Morganucodonta § Classification
Hypernyms
order ; Vertebrata subphylum - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda superclass - superclass; Reptiliomorpha clade, Amniota clade, Synapsidomorpha clade, Synapsida subclass - clades; Pelycosauria group - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida order - order; Theriodontia clade, Cynodontia clade, Mammaliaformes clade - clades
Hyponyms
order †Morganucodontidae family, †Megazostrodontidae family families
References
Megazostrodontidae