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Behemota (disused)

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Behemota was named by McKenna and Bell (1997) [authorship is assigned to McKenna, Bell, and Shoshani]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Tethytheria by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Behemota McKenna and Bell p. 375

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
infraorderBehemota
infraorderBehemota

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.

Infraor. Behemota McKenna and Bell 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997Most recent common ancestor of Desmostylia and Proboscidea.