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Pinnipedia
Illiger, 1811
- seals, sea lions, and walrus
(mammal)
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Entity:
Eutheria (Infraclass)
..†Acristatherium (Genus)
..†Adapisoriculidae (Family)
..[Afrotheria] (Supercohort)
..[†Amblypoda] (Order)
..†Ambolestes (Genus)
..†Asioryctitheria (Order)
..†Batodon (Genus)
..†Cimolesta (Order)
..[Deltatheridia] (Order)
..[†Dischidodactylus] (Genus)
..[Duplicidentata] (Order)
..[Edentata] (Cohort)
..[Edentata] (Order)
..[†Endotheriidae] (Family)
..†Eomaia (Genus)
..†Eozhelestes (Genus)
..[Epitheria] (Cohort)
..[Ferungulata] (Cohort)
..[Glires] (Cohort)
..[Insectivora] (Order) - insectivores
..†Juramaia (Genus)
..†Maelestes (Genus)
..[Menotyphla] (Order)
..†Montanalestes (Genus)
..†Murtoilestes (Genus)
..[Mutica] (Cohort)
..[Mysticeta] (Order)
..[Odontoceta] (Order)
..†Otlestidae (Family)
..[Pachydermata] (Order)
..†Paranyctoides (Genus)
..Placentalia (Cohort) - placentals
..[Placentalia] (Clade)
..†Prokennalestes (Genus)
..[†Proteutheria] (Order)
..†Sinodelphys (Genus)
..[Solidungula] (Order)
..[Supraprimates] (Supercohort)
..[†Taeniodontia] (Order)
..[†Uintatheria] (Order)
..[Unguiculata] (Cohort)
..[Xenarthra] (Order) - xenarthrans
..†Zalambdalestidae (Family)
..[†Zalambdalestoidea] (Superfamily)
..†Zhelestidae (Family)
..[Pinnipedia] (Order) - seals, sea lions, and walrus
....[Trichecus] (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
Current position
Eutheria
(Infraclass)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
: 240.
Alternative positions
Carnaria
(Subclass)
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 454.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 115.
Historical positions
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 115.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.M. Nowak, 1991
Eutheria
(Infraclass)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
: 240.
Eutheria
(Infraclass)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Carnaria
(Subclass)
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 454.
Number of Subtaxa
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[3f;18g];~34[33]s; ‡[1s]
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
: 115
[3f;18g];~34[33]s; ‡[1s]
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