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Insectivora (insectivoran)
Taxonomy
Insectivora was named by Bowdich (1821). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894), McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873), Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894), McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873), Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Insectivora Bowdich |
| 1873 | Insectivora Leidy p. 336 |
| 1883 | Insectivora Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Insectivora Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1894 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 106 |
| 1897 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 501 |
| 1898 | Insectivora Gadow p. 51 |
| 1902 | Insectivora Hay p. 737 |
| 1910 | Insectivora Gregory p. 464 |
| 1911 | Insectivori Jaekel p. 209 |
| 1930 | Insectivora Hay p. 422 |
| 1965 | Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225 |
| 1975 | Insectivora McKenna p. 42 |
| 1985 | Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3 |
| 1986 | Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Gunnell p. 147 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1991 | Insectivora Nowak |
| 2004 | Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Insectivora Bowdich 1821 [insectivoran]
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Invalid names: Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Menotyphla Haeckel [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Proglires Osborn 1902 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available