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Archonta (disused)

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Archonta was named by Gregory (1910). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Archonta by McKenna (1975), Scott (2010).

It was assigned to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Eutheria by Gregory (1910), Gunnell (1989); to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Eutheria by Scott (2010); and to Euarchontoglires by Asher and Helgen (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Archonta Gregory p. 322
1975Archonta McKenna p. 42
1989Archonta Gunnell
2004Archonta Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 504-505
2010Archonta Asher and Helgen p. 3
2010Archonta Scott p. 1453

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
superorderArchonta
superorderArchonta

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.

Superor. Archonta Gregory 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available