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Monotypic taxon: Order †Pyrotheria Ameghino, 1895 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Meridiungulata (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975

Subsequent entries

Pyrotheriidae (Family) Ameghino, 1889

Current position

Meridiungulata (Grandorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.J. Benton, 1997: App. (p. 403); Asher, 2018: fig. 7.9A.

Alternative positions

Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 647).
Meridiungulata (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 468.
Meridiungulata (Superorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402; Asher, 2018: fig. 7.9A.
Paenungulata (Superorder) Simpson, 1945 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Historical positions

Meridiungulata (Superorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Meridiungulata (Superorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Meridiungulata (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 468.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: 1995
Meridiungulata (Superorder) McKenna, 1975 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 304.
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 647).
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Amblypoda (Superorder) Cope, 1884 Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): 700.
Paenungulata (Superorder) Simpson, 1945 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1f;6g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †1f;6g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †1f;6g]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 647 [; †2f]
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