Allotheria

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Triconodonts
Fossil range: Late Triassic? - Oligocene
Gobiconodon, a triconodont.
Gobiconodon, a triconodont.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Allotheria
Marsh, 1880
Orders

Allotheria is a branch of mesozoic mammals, one of the oldest known. They possessed molars which had many rows of cusps as well as blade-shaped premolars.

Sources

Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure page 249. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Multituberculata

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