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Taxon: Suborder Ruminantia Scopoli, 1777 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848

Original entries

Questionably Amphimerycidae (Family) Stehlin, 1910
Questionably Bachitheriidae (Family) Janis, 1987
Questionably Bovoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788
Questionably Gelocidae (Family) Schlosser, 1886
Questionably Georgiomeryx (Genus) Paraskevaidis, 1940
Questionably Giraffoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Gobiocerus (Genus) Sokolov, 1952
Questionably Hypertragulidae (Family) Cope, 1879
Questionably Leptomerycidae (Family) Zittel, 1893
Questionably Lophiomerycidae (Family) Janis, 1987
Questionably Palaeohypsodontus (Genus) Trofimov, 1957
Questionably Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758
Questionably Tragulidae (Family) Milne-Edwards, 1864
Questionably Tragulina (Infraorder) Flower, 1883

Current position

Cetartiodactyla (Order) Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 418.

Historical positions

Cetartiodactyla (Order) Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 418.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 641.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: 626.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1059.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 8f;76g;204s;268ss; ‡2g;7s;8ss; †12f;364g;133s;4ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 6f;70g;188s; ‡2g;7s; †9f;297g
2020 C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27) [6f]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [6f;70g; ‡2g; †9f;297g]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 643 [6f; †4f]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 2io;[5f;66g]
1945 G.G. Simpson: [5f]
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