Preptotheria

Preptotheria

European rabbit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theriiformes
Infraclass:	Holotheria
Magnorder:	Epitheria
Superorder:	Preptotheria McKenna, 1975

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

Order Cingulata
Order Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters

Magnorder Epitheria

Superorder †Leptictida
Superorder Preptotheria
- Grandorder Anagalida
  - Mirorder Macroscelidea
  - Mirorder Duplicidentata
    - Order †Mimotonida
    - Order Lagomorpha
  - Mirorder Simplicidentata
    - Order †Mixodontia
    - Order Rodentia
- Grandorder Ferae
  - Order Cimolesta (including Pholidota)
  - Order †Creodonta
  - Order Carnivora
- 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

Alternative classification, with no extinct groups shown:

Cohort Placentalia

Superorder Xenarthra

Order Pilosa
Order Cingulata

Magnorder Epitheria or Preptotheria

Superorder Afrotheria
- Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia
  - Order Afrosoricida
  - Order Macroscelidea
  - Order Tubulidentata
- Grandorder Paenungulata
  - Order Hyracoidea
  - Mirorder Tethytheria
    - Order Proboscidea
    - Order Sirenia
Superorder Euarchontoglires
- Grandorder Glires
  - Mirorder Duplicidentata
    - Order Lagomorpha
  - Mirorder Simplicidentata
    - Order Rodentia
- Grandorder Euarchonta
  - Mirorder Sundatheria
    - Order Dermoptera (included in Primates according to McKenna & Bell)
    - Order Scandentia
  - Mirorder Primatomorpha
    - Order Primates
Superorder Laurasiatheria
- Order Eulipotyphla (subsumes Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha)
- Order Chiroptera
- Grandorder Ferae
  - Order Pholidota
  - Order Carnivora
- 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.

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