IRMNG - Eutheria

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Eutheria

IRMNG_ID

11922425 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11922425)

Classification

Authority

Huxley, 1880

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraclass

Parent

Theria

Synonymised names

Edentata · unaccepted (obsolete name (now multiple orders))

Insectivora · unaccepted (obsolete name (now multiple orders))

Otlestidae Nessov, 1985 † · unaccepted (no longer recognised as family)

Placentalia · unaccepted

Proteutheria † · unaccepted (subset of Eutheria, name no longer used)

Uranotheria · unaccepted (no longer used (covers multiple orders))

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Family Acreodi incertae sedis †
Genus Acristatherium Hu, Meng, Li & Wang, 2010 †
Order Afrosoricida
Order Amphitheriida †
Order Anagalida †
Order Arctostylopida †
Order Artiodactyla
Order Asioryctitheria †
Order Astrapotheria †
Genus Bayshinoryctes Lopatin & Averianov, 2023 †
Order Bibymalagasia †
Genus Bobolestes Nessov, 1985 †
Order Carnivora
Order Carnivoramorpha incertae sedis †
Genus Ceruttia Tomiya, 2013 †
Order Cetacea
Order Chiroptera
Order Cimolesta †
Order Cingulata
Order Condylarthra †
Order Creodonta †
Genus Dehnaripus Abbassi, Salehi Tinooni, Ghorbani Dehnavi, Shakeri & Eshaghi, 2024 †
Order Dermoptera
Order Desmostylia †
Order Dinocerata †
Genus Durlstodon Sweetman, Smith & Martill, 2017 †
Genus Durlstotherium Sweetman, Smith & Martill, 2017 †
Order Embrithopoda †
Family Endotheriidae Shikama, 1947 †
Order Erinaceomorpha
Order Eulipotyphla
Genus Eutrochodon Roth, 1903 †
Genus Ganungulatum Ting, Meng, Li, Wang, Tong, Schiebout, Koch, Clyde & Bowen, 2007 †
Family Heterosoricidae Viret & Zapfe, 1951 †
Family Horolodectidae Scott, 2019 †
Genus Hyotheridium Gregory & Simpson, 1926 †
Order Hyracoidea
Genus Idiogenomys Ostrander, 1983 †
Genus Juramaia Luo, Yuan, Meng & Ji, 2011 †
Order Lagomorpha
Order Leptictida †
Order Litopterna †
Order Macroscelidea
Order Mesonychia †
Family Miacidae Cope, 1880 †
Genus Microtherulum Wang & Wang, 2023 †
Order Mimotonida †
Genus Mina Li, Wang, Zhang, Mao & Meng, 2016 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
Order Mixodontia †
Genus Montanalestes Cifelli, 1999 †
Genus Moropopus Abbassi, Salehi Tinooni, Ghorbani Dehnavi, Shakeri & Eshaghi, 2024 †
Genus Murtoilestes Averianov & Skutschus, 2001 †
Genus Ndamathaia Jacobs, Anyonge & Barry, 1987 †
Family Nesophontidae
Genus Nosella Peláez-Campomanes in Lopez-Martinez & Pelaez-Campomanes, 1999 †
Order Notoungulata †
Genus Obtususdon Xu, 1977 †
Family Ocepeiidae Gheerbrant in Gheerbrant et al., 2014 †
Genus Pahelia Zack, Rose, Holbrook, Kumar, Rana & Smith, 2021 †
Order Perissodactyla
Order Pholidota
Order Pilosa
Order Primates
Order Proboscidea
Order Procreodi †
Genus Prokennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1989 †
Order Ptolemaiida †
Order Pyrotheria †
Genus Radinskya McKenna, Minchen, Ting & Luo, 1989 †
Order Rodentia
Genus Sazlestes Nessov, 1997 †
Order Scandentia
Order Simplicidentata incertae sedis †
Genus Sinomylus McKenna & Meng, 2001 †
Order Sirenia
Order Soricomorpha
Family Soricomorpha incertae sedis
Family Sororyctidae Gingerich, Arif, Hussain & Abbas, 1998 †
Family Tenrecoidea incertae sedis
Family Tenrecomorpha incertae sedis
Order Tubulidentata
Family Vastanidae Bajpai, Kapur, Das, Tiwari, Saravanan & Sharma, 2005 †
Genus Veratalpa Ameghino, 1905 †
Genus Walshius Tomiya, 2013 †
Genus Wania Wang, 1995 †
Genus Wanotherium Tang & Yan, 1976 †
Order Xenungulata †
Family Zhelestidae Nessov, 1990 †
Order Bellua accepted as Perissodactyla (obsolete name)
Genus Cokotherium Wang, Hoffmann, Wang & Wang, 2022 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Order Edentata accepted as Eutheria (obsolete name (now multiple orders))
Genus Indoclemensia Wilson Mantilla et al., 2022 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Order Insectivora accepted as Eutheria (obsolete name (now multiple orders))
Order Lipotyphla † accepted as Eulipotyphla (obsolete name (now multiple orders))
Order Mesonychia † accepted as Mesonychia † (not validly published (?))
Order Notopterna † accepted as Litopterna † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Otlestes Nessov, 1985 † accepted as Bobolestes Nessov, 1985 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Otlestidae Nessov, 1985 † accepted as Eutheria (no longer recognised as family)
Order Pantodonta † accepted as Cimolesta † (currently accepted as suborder)
Order Pantolesta † accepted as Cimolesta † (currently accepted as suborder)
Order Proteutheria † accepted as Eutheria (subset of Eutheria, name no longer used)
Genus Prozalambdalestes Trofimov in Belyaeva, Trofimov & Reshetov, 1974 † accepted as Prokennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1989 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Order Taeniodonta † accepted as Cimolesta † (currently accepted as suborder)
Genus Thoracotherion Gray, 1869 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Order Tillodontia † accepted as Cimolesta † (currently accepted as suborder)
Order Eutheria (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Genus Adrastotherium Ameghino, 1887 † (uncertain, not in recent treatments)
Genus Akenodon Aymard, 1856 † (uncertain, not treated by later workers)
Genus Beleutinus Bazhanov, 1972 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Genus Talquinodus Kramarz, Bellosi, Bond, Forasiepi, Gaillard & Krause, 2024 † (uncertain, could not verify zoobank registration)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Placental mammals; as Placentalia (cohort) in McKenna & Bell. According to the latter authors, not Eutheria Gill, 1872, an...

Taxonomic remark Placental mammals; as Placentalia (cohort) in McKenna & Bell. According to the latter authors, not Eutheria Gill, 1872, an abandoned concept covering both placental mammals and marsupials. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Eutheria. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11922425 on 2025-11-10

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basis of record Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as syn. of Placentalia, latter treated as a cohort [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

extant flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as Placentalia [details]

habitat flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as Placentalia [details]

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