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Taxon: Magnorder Epitheria McKenna, 1975 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Placentalia (Cohort) Owen, 1837

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.

Original entries

†*Asioryctes* (Genus) Kielan-Jaworowska, 1975		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
†*Deccanolestes* (Genus) Prasad & Sahni, 1988		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
†*Hyotheridium* (Genus) Gregory & Simpson, 1926		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
†*Leptictida* (Superorder) McKenna, 1975		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
*Preptotheria* (Superorder) McKenna, 1975		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 104.

Current position

Placentalia (Cohort) Owen, 1837

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102. [new rank]

Alternative positions

Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872

Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 1.2 (p. [17]).

Historical positions

*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: tables 1.2 (p. [17]), 13.1 (p. [494]).
*Placentalia* (Cohort) Owen, 1837	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102. [new rank]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	15o;75f;999g;4295s; ‡21g;75s; †12o;211f;3415g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[15o;103f;992g; ‡4f;34g; †12o;208f;3390g]

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