Preptotheria
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Preptotheria is a superorder of placental mammals proposed by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.[1]
Classification
According to McKenna/Bell:
Cohort Placentalia
Magnorder Xenarthra
Magnorder Epitheria
- Superorder †Leptictida
- Superorder Preptotheria
- Grandorder Anagalida
- Mirorder Macroscelidea
- Mirorder Duplicidentata
- Order †Mimotonida
- Order Lagomorpha
- Mirorder Simplicidentata
- Order †Mixodontia
- Order Rodentia
- Grandorder Ferae
- Grandorder Lipotyphla
- Order Chrysochloridea
- Order Erinaceomorpha
- Order Soricomorpha
- Grandorder Archonta
- Order Chiroptera
- Order Primates (including Dermoptera as family Galeopithecidae)
- Order Scandentia
- Grandorder Ungulata
- Order Tubulidentata
- Order Dinocerata
- Mirorder Eparctocyona
- Order †Procreodi
- Order †Condylarthra
- Order †Arctostylopida
- Order Cete
- Order Artiodactyla
- Mirorder †Meridiungulata
- Order Litopterna
- Order Notoungulata
- Order Astrapotheria
- Order Xenungulata
- Order Pyrotheria
- Mirorder Altungulata
- Order Perissodactyla
- Order Uranotheria or Paenungulata
- Grandorder Anagalida
Alternative classification, with no extinct groups shown:
Cohort Placentalia
Superorder Xenarthra
Magnorder Epitheria or Preptotheria
- Superorder Afrotheria
- Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia
- Order Afrosoricida
- Order Macroscelidea
- Order Tubulidentata
- Grandorder Paenungulata
- Order Hyracoidea
- Mirorder Tethytheria
- Order Proboscidea
- Order Sirenia
- Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia
- Superorder Euarchontoglires
- Grandorder Glires
- Mirorder Duplicidentata
- Order Lagomorpha
- Mirorder Simplicidentata
- Order Rodentia
- Mirorder Duplicidentata
- Grandorder Euarchonta
- Mirorder Sundatheria
- Order Dermoptera (included in Primates according to McKenna & Bell)
- Order Scandentia
- Mirorder Primatomorpha
- Order Primates
- Mirorder Sundatheria
- Grandorder Glires
- Superorder Laurasiatheria
- Order Eulipotyphla (subsumes Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha)
- Order Chiroptera
- Grandorder Ferae
- Grandorder Euungulata
- Order Perissodactyla
- Order Cetartiodactyla (subsumes Artiodactyla and Cetacea)
References
- ^ Malcolm C. McKenna & Susan K. Bell (1997). Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.