gondwanatherian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Gondwanatheria +‎ -an

Noun[edit]

gondwanatherian (plural gondwanatherians)

  1. Any of the suborder †Gondwanatheria of extinct mammals
    • 2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The gondwanatherian Vintana showing a combination of primitive and highly derived features recently described from the Maastrichtian of Madagascar [75 ] is another example of insular mosaicism in an allotherian mammal but from Southern Hemisphere.