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Definition of Pantotheria
1. Noun. Generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals.
Group relationships: Class Mammalia, Mammalia
Generic synonyms: Class
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantotheria
Literary usage of Pantotheria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1901)
"1896 B. Lydekker, R. 1887 A, p. ix (pantotheria, In part); p. ... (pantotheria,
in part.) 1893 A, p. 379. 1893 D. 1898 L. 1900 C, p. 566. Owen, R. 1838 A, ..."
2. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America by Oliver Perry Hay (1902)
"1896 B. Lydekker, R. 1887 A, p. ix (pantotheria, in part); p. ... (pantotheria,
in part.) 1893 A, p. 379. 1893 D. 1898 L. 1900 C, ..."
3. History of the Human Body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"To this group has been given the name pantotheria, and as the ancestors of all
... While still primitive, however, the pantotheria began to differentiate ..."
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