Abderitidae
(Family)
Taxonomy
The Family Abderitidae is a member of the Superfamily Caenolestoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Abderitidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Cohort: Marsupialia
(Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Marsupials
The Family Abderitidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Abderites ·
Pitheculites
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in the Family Abderitidae.
Genera
Abderites
Abderites or the School of Abdera was a school of thought in Pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosophy. It's proponents Leucippus and Democritus were the earliest atomists. [more]
At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Abderites.
More info about the Genus Abderites may be found here.
Pitheculites
More info about the Genus Pitheculites may be found here.
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