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Ornithodelphia (disused)

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Ornithodelphia was named by de Blainville (1834). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Ornithodelphia by Gill (1872).

It was assigned to Mammalia by Gill (1872); and to Prototheria by McKenna (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ornithodelphia de Blainville
1872Ornithodelphia Gill p. 27
1975Ornithodelphia McKenna p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassPrototheriaGill 1872
infraclassOrnithodelphiade Blainville 1834
infraclassOrnithodelphiade Blainville 1834

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.

Infracl. Ornithodelphia de Blainville 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available