Overview
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A Superfamily in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Superfamily Squalodontoidea is a member of the Series Amniota. Here is the complete "parentage" of Squalodontoidea:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(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
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
- Magnorder: Epitheria
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
McKenna, 1975
- Order: Cete
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder: Cetacea
(Brisson, 1762) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
- Infraorder: Autoceta
Haeckel, 1866
- Superfamily: Squalodontoidea (Brandt, 1873) Simpson, 1945
- Infraorder: Autoceta
Haeckel, 1866
- Suborder: Cetacea
(Brisson, 1762) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
- Order: Cete
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
McKenna, 1975
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Magnorder: Epitheria
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Class: Mammalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Superfamily Squalodontoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (2): Rhabdosteidae · Squalodontidae
Families
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Rhabdosteidae
Squalodontidae
At least 31 species and subspecies belong to the Family Squalodontidae.
More info about the Family Squalodontidae may be found here.
Sources
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