The Saint Bathans mammal is considered to be a basal theriiforme mammal outside of Cladotheria and Allotheria.
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Certain characteristics of the teeth seem to rule out a special relationship between the two groups, although some studies still unite haramiyids ( or at least euharamiyids ) and multituberculates in the Allotheria hypothesis.
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:: I mostly agree, however, I don't think that Allotheria and Triconodonta are Theriiformes ( multis may have been given birth to live young, but that's probably convergent evolution ).
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"Vintana " is extremely relevant to our understanding of theriiforme clade Allotheria, it is a rather unusual animal, possessing massive lateral flanges in its skull whose exact purpose is poorly undertsood, as well as massive olphactory bulbs.