A group or classification of mammals characterized by having a disk-shaped placenta.
From discoplacenta + -alia (plural noun suffix for taxonomic groups). Creates a scientific category name for this type of mammal.
This classification system is outdated but shows how scientists used to organize mammals purely by internal anatomy—now DNA shows the discoplacentalia don't form a single evolutionary group.
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