Clade Tethytheria McKenna 1975 (placental)
Full reference: M. C. McKenna. 1975. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia. Phylogeny of the Primates, Plenum Publishing, New York 21-46
Parent taxon: Afrotheria according to M. Voss et al. 2023
See also Asher and Helgen 2010, Bajpai et al. 2010, Díaz-Berenguer et al. 2018, Domning 1996, McKenna 1975, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rose et al. 2006, Seiffert 2007, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Voss et al. 2016, Voss and Hampe 2017, Voss et al. 2017 and Waddell et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Afroinsectiphilia, Ocepeiidae, Paenungulatomorpha, Pseudoungulata
Subtaxa: Behemota Embrithopoda Proboscidea Sirenia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore