PANTOTHERE Definition & Meaning

pantothere

[ pan-tuh-theer ]

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any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.

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< New Latin Pantotheria name of order, equivalent to panto- panto- + -theria, plural of -therium -there

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