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Taxon: Family Galeopithecidae Gray, 1821 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Dermoptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1883

Original entries

Questionably †Dermotherium (Genus) Ducrocq, Buffetaut, Buffetaut-Tong, Jaeger, Jongkanjanasoontorn & Suteethorn, 1992

Subsequent entries

Cynocephalus (Genus) Boddaert, 1768

Current position

Dermoptera (Order) Dobson, 1883

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.

Alternative positions

*Dermoptera* (Suborder) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 328.
*Plagiomenoidea* (Superfamily) Matthew, 1918	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.

Historical positions

*Dermoptera* (Order) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.
*Dermoptera* (Order) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 403.
*Dermoptera* (Suborder) Dobson, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 328.
*Plagiomenoidea* (Superfamily) Matthew, 1918	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s; †1g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; †1g]

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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024