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Monotypic taxon: Order †Cimolesta McKenna, 1975 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Ferae (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Questionably †Alostera (Genus) Fox, 1989
Questionably †Apatotheria (Suborder) Scott & Jepsen, 1936
Questionably †Avitotherium (Genus) Cifelli, 1990
†Didelphodonta (Suborder) McKenna, 1975
Questionably †Ernanodonta (Suborder) Ding, 1987
Questionably †Pantolesta (Suborder) McKenna, 1975
Questionably †Ravenictis (Genus) Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994
Questionably †Taeniodonta (Suborder) Cope, 1876
Questionably †Tillodontia (Suborder) Marsh, 1875
Questionably †Wyolestinae (Subfamily) Gingerich, 1981

Subsequent entries

†Palaeoryctidae (Family) Winge, 1917
†Pantodonta (Suborder) Cope, 1873 Ref: M.C. McKenna, 1975: 41. [assumed]
†Pararyctes (Genus) Van Valen, 1966
Pholidota (Suborder) Weber, 1904 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 220.

Current position

Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872 Ref: R.C. Fox, 2015: 1139; Bi et al., 2018: fig. 4; Asher, 2018: fig. 7.9A.

Alternative positions

Ferae (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 211.
Ferae (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.): table 1.1 (p. 15).

Historical positions

Ferae (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.): table 1.1 (p. 15).
Ferae (Superorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: tables 1.2 (p. [17]), 13.1 (p. [494]).
Ferae (Grandorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 211.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1f;11g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 19 May 2022 [; †1f]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1f;4g; †21f;128g]
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