Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

*Fereuungulata* (Clade) Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
*Ostentoria* (Clade) Springer, Murphy, Eizirik, Madsen, Scally, Douady, Teeling, Stanhope, de Jong & O'Brien 2007		Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 5).
*Scrotifera* (Clade) Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999		Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 1999b: 50.
*Variamana* (Clade) Springer, Murphy, Eizirik, Madsen, Scally, Douady, Teeling, Stanhope, de Jong & O'Brien 2007		Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4).

Subsequent positions

*Ferae* (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758
*Pegasoferae* (Clade) Nishihara, Hasegawa & Okada 2006		Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9933.

Original entries

Questionably †*Aelurotherium* (Genus) Adams, 1896
Questionably *Caniformia* (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943
Questionably †*Elmensius* (Genus) Kretzoi, 1929
Questionably †*Eosictis* (Genus) Scott, 1945, nom. dub.
Questionably *Feliformia* (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945
Questionably †*Kelba* (Genus) Savage, 1965
Questionably †*Notoamphicyon* (Genus) Ameghino, 1904
Questionably †*Vinayakia* (Genus) Pilgrim, 1932
Questionably †*Vishnucyon* (Genus) Pilgrim, 1932

Subsequent entries

*Fissipeda* (Suborder) Blumenbach, 1791
*Pinnipeda* (Suborder) Illiger, 1811

Current position

Carnivoraformes (Clade) Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding 2010

Ref: Solé et al., 2016: [1] [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

*Carnaria* (Subclass)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454.
*Epitheria* (Cohort) McKenna, 1975	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986). [by reference]
*Eutheria* (Subclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): [685].
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 633.
*Ferae* (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.A. Feldhamer et al., 2020: table 10.1 (p. [226]).
*Ferae* (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
*Ferae* (Clade) Linnaeus 1758	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9933.
*Fereuungulata* (Clade) Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929. [excluded]
*Laurasiatheria* (Superorder) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 279.
*Placentalia* (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
*unnamed* (Superorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
*Zooamata* ([unranked])	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929. [excluded]

Historical positions

*Laurasiatheria* (Superorder) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
*Ferae* (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
*Carnivoraformes* (Clade) Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding 2010	Ref: F. Solé et al., 2014: 1, fig. 9.
*Placentalia* (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
*Ferae* (Clade) Linnaeus 1758	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929, 9931, 9933, fig. 2.
*Fereuungulata* (Clade) Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929. [excluded]
*Zooamata* ([unranked])	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929. [excluded]
*Theria* (Subclass) Parker & Haswell, 1897	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 532. [implicit]
*unnamed* (Superorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402, box 10.6.
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 323.
*Tetrapoda* (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376. [rough position]
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 2000
*Ferae* (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 226.
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 279; 5.
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
*Mammalia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 633.
*Epitheria* (Cohort) McKenna, 1975	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986). [by reference]
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1039-1040.
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 240.
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
*Eutheria* (Subclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): [685].
*Eutheria* (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: L.B. Halstead, 1974: 172.
*Ferae* (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945
*Carnaria* (Subclass)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16f;128g;285s;1254ss;300v; ‡3g;4s;9ss;1v; †4f;389g;117s;11ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Dec 2014	[14f;128g;285s;1254ss; ‡3g; †5f;409g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[16f]
2015	M.J. Benton: 445	[11f]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	2so;[16f]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 628	[15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[11f;112g; ‡3g; †5f;351g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[11f];129[128]g;271[268]s; ‡[1g;3s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[9f;92g];~235[237s]; ‡[1s]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 635	[10f; †5f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2so;[10f;131g]