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Crown clade:
Epitheria
McKenna 1975
(mammal)
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Entity:
[Placentalia] (Clade)
..[Anagalida] (Superorder)
..Apo-Chiroptera (Clade)
..[Insectivora] (Superorder)
..Pan-Carnivora (Clade)
..Pan-Primates (Clade)
..Pan-Xenarthra (Clade)
..Scandentia (Clade)
..Ungulata (Clade)
..[Ungulatomorpha] (Superorder)
..[Ungulatomorpha] (Clade)
..[Xenarthra] (Clade)
..[Epitheria] (Clade)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
Phylogeny
Crown clade
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S4 (p. 101: "Node-based crown clade").
First representative
†
Leptacodon proserpinae
Van Valen, 1978
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S2 (p. 85).
†
Protungulatum donnae
Sloan & Van Valen, 1965
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S2 (p. 85).
†
Purgatorius coracis
Fox & Scott, 2011
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S2 (p. 85).
Current position
Placentalia
(Clade)
Owen 1837 [O'Leary, Allard, Novacek, Meng & Gatesy 2004]
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S4 (p. 101).
[implicit]
Historical positions
Placentalia
(Clade)
Owen 1837 [O'Leary, Allard, Novacek, Meng & Gatesy 2004]
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S4 (p. 101).
[implicit]
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