Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia

Phylogeny

Crown clade

Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50 ("crown group").

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
Cetartiodactyla (Order) Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
Pholidota (Order) Weber, 1904		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.

Original entries

Pegasoferae (Clade) Nishihara, Hasegawa & Okada 2006

Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: fig. 2.

Current position

Laurasiatheria (Superorder) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999

Ref: R.J. Asher, 2018: table 7.1 (p. 306); Asher, 2018: fig. 7.1. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Laurasiatheria (Clade) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999

Ref: R.J. Asher, 2018: table 7.1 (p. 306); Asher, 2018: fig. 7.1.

Historical positions

Laurasiatheria (Clade) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999

Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9931, fig. 2.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5o;66f;461g;1673s;2862ss;300v; ‡1f;9g;29s;24ss;1v; †14o;136f;2031g;636s;25ss;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5o;53f; ‡1f;9g; †12o;118f;2076g]
2006	H. Nishihara et al.: 9931	[5o]
2006	H. Nishihara et al.: 9931	[5o]