Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Dermoptera (Order) Dobson, 1883

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.

Alternative positions

Dermoptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 327.
Plagiomenoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1918	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.

Original position

Questionably Dermoptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1883

Original entries

Questionably †Ekgmowechashalinae (Subfamily) Szalay, 1976
Questionably †Elpidophorus (Genus) Simpson, 1927
Questionably †Eudaemonema (Genus) Simpson, 1935
Questionably †Plagiomeninae (Subfamily) Matthew, 1918

Historical positions

Dermoptera (Order) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.
Dermoptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 327.
Dermoptera (Order) Dobson, 1883	Ref: Anonymous, 1995
Plagiomenoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1918	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.

Number of Subtaxa

2023	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †8g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †9g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †9g]