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Dermoptera (colugo)
Taxonomy
Dermoptera was named by Illinger (1811). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Beard (1991) and Janecka et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the suborder Dermoptera by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Van Valen (1967); to Archonta by McKenna (1975); to Archonta by Gregory (1910) and Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Nowak (1991) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Euarchonta by Madsen et al. (2001); to Mammalia by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Primatomorpha by Beard (1991), Waddell et al. (1999), Waddell et al. (2001) and Janecka et al. (2007); and to Sundatheria by Bloch et al. (2007) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was reranked as the suborder Dermoptera by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Van Valen (1967); to Archonta by McKenna (1975); to Archonta by Gregory (1910) and Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Nowak (1991) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Euarchonta by Madsen et al. (2001); to Mammalia by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Primatomorpha by Beard (1991), Waddell et al. (1999), Waddell et al. (2001) and Janecka et al. (2007); and to Sundatheria by Bloch et al. (2007) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1811 | Dermoptera Illinger |
| 1821 | Pterophorae Gray p. 300 |
| 1858 | Ptenopleura Van der Hoeven |
| 1891 | Dermoptera Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Dermoptera Gregory p. 465 |
| 1967 | Dermoptera Van Valen |
| 1975 | Dermoptera McKenna p. 42 |
| 1989 | Dermoptera Gunnell p. 147 |
| 1991 | Dermoptera Beard |
| 1991 | Dermoptera Nowak |
| 1997 | Dermoptera McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Dermoptera Waddell et al. p. cover |
| 2001 | Dermoptera Madsen et al. p. 612 |
| 2001 | Dermoptera Waddell et al. p. 148 |
| 2005 | Dermoptera Wilson and Reeder |
| 2007 | Dermoptera Bloch et al. p. 1162 |
| 2007 | Dermoptera Janecka et al. |
| 2010 | Dermoptera Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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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. Dermoptera Illinger 1811 [colugo]
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G. †Dermotherium Ducrocq et al. 1992
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†Dermotherium chimaera Marivaux et al. 2006
†Dermotherium major Ducrocq et al. 1992
Subor. Eudermoptera Beard 1993 [true dermopteran]
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Infraor. Colugodontiformes Beard 1993 [colugo]
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Fm. Galeopithecidae Gray 1821
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Invalid names: Colugidae Miller 1906 [synonym], Cynocephalidae Simpson 1945 [synonym], Galeopithecina Bonaparte 1850 [empty], Galeopteridae Thomas 1908 [synonym], Pleuropteridae Burnett 1829 [synonym], Pterocebineae Lesson 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paromomyiformes Szalay 1973 [empty]
G. †Plagiomene Matthew 1918
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†Plagiomene accola Rose 1981
†Plagiomene multicuspis Matthew 1918
†Plagiomene zalmouti Secord 2008
Invalid names: Galeopithecia Jaekel 1911 [synonym], Galeopithecoidea Gray 1821 [empty], Ptenopleura Van der Hoeven 1858 [synonym], Pterophorae Gray 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available