1. generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals; [syn: Pantotheria, subclass Pantotheria]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pantotheria
n 1: generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic;
commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and
placental mammals [syn: Pantotheria, subclass
Pantotheria]