Preptotheria

Preptotheria is a superorder of placental mammals proposed by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.

Classification

The Linnean taxonomy of Preptotheria according to the scheme of McKenna & Bell (1997):

Cohort Placentalia

Magnorder Xenarthra

• Order Cingulata
• Order Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters

Magnorder Epitheria

• Superorder †Leptictida
• Superorder Preptotheria
• Grandorder Anagalida
• Mirorder Macroscelidea
• Mirorder Duplicidentata
• Order †Mimotonida
• Order Lagomorpha
• Mirorder Simplicidentata
• Order †Mixodontia
• Order Rodentia
• Grandorder Ferae
• Order Cimolesta (including Pholidota)
• Order †Creodonta
• Order Carnivora
• Grandorder Lipotyphla
• Order Chrysochloridea
• Order Erinaceomorpha
• Order Soricomorpha
• Grandorder Archonta
• Order Chiroptera
• Order Primates (including Dermoptera as family Galeopithecidae)
• Order Scandentia
• Grandorder Ungulata
• Order Tubulidentata
• Order †Dinocerata
• Mirorder Eparctocyona
• Order †Procreodi
• Order †Condylarthra
• Order †Arctostylopida
• Order Cete
• Order Artiodactyla
• Mirorder †Meridiungulata
• Order †Litopterna
• Order †Notoungulata
• Order †Astrapotheria
• Order †Xenungulata
• Order †Pyrotheria
• Mirorder Altungulata
• Order Perissodactyla
• Order Uranotheria or Paenungulata

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