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Taxon: Superfamily †Plesiadapoidea Trouessart, 1897 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Plesiadapiformes (Suborder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972

Subsequent entries

Saxonellidae (Family) Russell, 1964

Current position

Plesiadapiformes (Suborder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.

Alternative positions

Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: table 11.2.
Plesiadapiformes (Semiorder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxiii.

Historical positions

Primates (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 Ref: M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013: table S4 (p. 101). [implicit]
Plesiadapiformes (Suborder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.
Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: L.L. Mai et al., 2005: 573.
Plesiadapiformes (Semiorder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxiii.
Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: table 11.2.
Plesiadapiformes (Suborder) Simons & Tattersall, 1972 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 632).

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †3f;13g;47s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 4 Jun 2022 [; †3f;13g;47s]
2006 K.D. Rose: table 10.2 [; †3f]
2006 K.D. Rose: table 10.2 [; †3f]
2005 L.L. Mai et al.: 574 [; †5f;23g;64s]
2000 E. Delson et al.: xxiv [; †3f;10g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: table 11.2 [; †5f;24g;67s]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 632 [; †3f]
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