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Taxon: Order Xenarthra Cope, 1889 - xenarthrans (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Questionably Cingulata (Infraorder) "Illiger, 1811"
Questionably Vermilingua (Infraorder) Gray, 1869

Current position

Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 647).

Alternative positions

Edentata (Cohort) Cuvier, 1798 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986). [by reference]
Eutheria (Clade) Gill 1872 [O'Leary, Allard, Novacek, Meng & Gatesy 2004] Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 63.

Historical positions

Eutheria (Clade) Gill 1872 [O'Leary, Allard, Novacek, Meng & Gatesy 2004] Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929, fig. 2.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: K.D. Rose et al., 2005: table 8.1. [implicit]
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 63; 4.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 23.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Edentata (Cohort) Cuvier, 1798 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 647).
Edentata (Cohort) Cuvier, 1798 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986). [by reference]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [4f];13g;29[28]s; ‡[1s]
2005 K.D. Rose et al.: table 8.1 [5f; ‡1f; †7f]
1993 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 4 [4f];13g;29[28]s; ‡[1s]
1993 A.L. Gardner [4f];13g;29[28]s; ‡[1s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [4f;13g];~29s
1988 R.L. Carroll: 648 [3f; ‡1f; †4f]
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