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Insectivora (insectivoran)

Mammalia - Insectivora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Insectivora Bowdich
1873Insectivora Leidy p. 336
1883Insectivora Flower p. 186
1889Insectivora Cope p. 876
1891Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1894Insectivora Ameghino p. 106
1897Insectivora Ameghino p. 501
1898Insectivora Gadow p. 51
1902Insectivora Hay p. 737
1910Insectivora Gregory p. 464
1911Insectivori Jaekel p. 209
1965Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225
1975Insectivora McKenna p. 42
1985Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3
1986Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37
1989Insectivora Gunnell p. 147
1989Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436
1991Insectivora Nowak
2004Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821

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: Centetoidea Gill 1872 [empty], Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Menotyphla Haeckel [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available