Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872

Original entries

Questionably †Barytherioidea (Suborder) Simpson, 1945
Questionably †Deinotherioidea (Suborder) Osborn, 1936

Current position

Behemota (Clade) McKenna, Bell & Shoshani 1997

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Afrotheria (Superorder) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A. Virág, 2009: 408.
Paenungulata (Superorder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945
Paenungulata (Grandorder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Paenungulata (Clade) Simpson, 1945	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: fig. 2.
Placentalia (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Proboscidea (Subclass) Owen, 1859	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454.
Tethytheria (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.
Tethytheria (Superorder) McKenna, 1975
Theria (Subclass) Parker & Haswell, 1897	Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 90. [implicit]

Historical positions

Afrotheria (Superorder) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Paenungulata (Grandorder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Placentalia (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A. Virág, 2009: 408.
Paenungulata (Clade) Simpson, 1945	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929, fig. 2.
Tethytheria (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400, box 10.6.
Theria (Subclass) Parker & Haswell, 1897	Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 90. [implicit]
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 367; 6.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 123.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Tethytheria (Mirorder) 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: 626.
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1055.
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Paenungulata (Superorder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): 700.
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: L.B. Halstead, 1974: 172.
Paenungulata (Superorder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945
Proboscidea (Subclass) Owen, 1859	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;2g;2s;5ss; ‡2f;3g;1s;1ss; †9f;47g;148s;14ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1f;2g;3s;3ss; ‡2f;3g; †9f;46g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 26)	[1f]
2015	M.J. Benton: 444	[1f]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	1f
2005	J. Shoshani	[1f;2g;3s;3ss]
2005	J. Shoshani	[1f;2g;3s;3ss]
1993	D.E. Wilson	[1f];2g;2s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1f;2g;2s]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 646	[1f; †7f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1f;2g;[2s]