Definition of Eutheria in English:
Eutheria
plural nounjuːˈθɪərɪəyo͞oˈTHirēə
Zoology A major group of mammals that comprises the placentals.
Infraclass Eutheria, subclass Theria
Compare with Metatheria
Example sentencesExamples
- Phylogenetic analyses of large mitochondrial data sets support an early divergence of the hedgehog lineage from the rest of Eutheria.
- They either sequenced this fragment or obtained published sequences for a wide variety of mammals, covering almost all traditional orders of the Eutheria.
- Previous paleontological and molecular evidence has indicated that cetaceans and artiodactyls constitute a natural clade within the subclass Eutheria.
- On the other hand, molecular data sets tend to support the sister-group relationship of Carnivora and Pholidota, usually with Xenarthra as basal for Eutheria.
- Yet the teeth of deltatheroidans are of remarkably primitive construction; if they are related to marsupials, an extremely early divergence of Metatheria and Eutheria is implied.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from eu- 'well, prospering' + Greek thērion 'wild beast'.