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  • proper noun A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theriamarsupials.

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Examples

  • Australia and Tasmania are the residence of the curious family of animals with pouches, called Marsupialia, from _marsupium_, signifying a purse or bag.

    Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • And the imperfect knowledge we have of the ancient mammalian population of our earth leads to the belief that certain of its types, such as that of the 'Marsupialia', have persisted with correspondingly little change through a similar range of time.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Mammalia consists of and contains Eutheria, Marsupialia, etc.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Nimbacinus dicksoni, a plesiomorphic thylacine (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from Tertiary deposits of Queensland and the Norhtern Territory.

    Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Australia 2009

  • Thylacinus macknessi, a specialised thylacinid (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland.

    Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Australia 2009

  • New records of the Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae).

    Carpentaria tropical savanna 2008

  • This furry little friend is a mammal; infraclass: Marsupialia.

    Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz Claudia Mair Burney 2008

  • Marsupialia’, have persisted with correspondingly little change through a similar range of time.

    Essays 2007

  • Most of them are 59 Chiroptera, but there are also 17 Rodentia, 11 Carnivora, 5 Edentada, 4 Marsupialia, 2 Primates, 2 Artiodactyla, 1 Perissodactyla, and 1 Lagomorpha.

    Llanos 2007

  • All orders are labelled and major lineages are coloured as follows: black, Monotremata; orange, Marsupialia; blue, Afrotheria; yellow, Xenarthra; green, Laurasiatheria; and red, Euarchontoglires.

    The Panda's Thumb: March 2007 Archives 2007

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