Preptotheria

Preptotheria is a superorder of placental mammals proposed by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.

Preptotheria
European rabbit
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Epitheria
Magnorder:	Preptotheria McKenna, 1975

Classification

The Linnean taxonomy of Preptotheria according to the scheme of McKenna & Bell (1997):

Cohort Placentalia

Magnorder Xenarthra

• Order Cingulata
• Order Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters

Magnorder Epitheria

• Superorder †Leptictida
• Superorder Preptotheria
  • Grandorder Anagalida
    • Mirorder Macroscelidea
    • Mirorder Duplicidentata
      • Order †Mimotonida
      • Order Lagomorpha
    • Mirorder Simplicidentata
      • Order †Mixodontia
      • Order Rodentia
  • Grandorder Ferae
    • Order Cimolesta (including Pholidota)
    • Order †Creodonta
    • Order Carnivora
  • Grandorder Lipotyphla
    • Order Chrysochloridea
    • Order Erinaceomorpha
    • Order Soricomorpha
  • Grandorder Archonta
    • Order Chiroptera
    • Order Primates (including Dermoptera as family Galeopithecidae)
    • Order Scandentia
  • Grandorder Ungulata
    • Order Tubulidentata
    • Order †Dinocerata
    • Mirorder Eparctocyona
      • Order †Procreodi
      • Order †Condylarthra
      • Order †Arctostylopida
      • Order Cete
      • Order Artiodactyla
    • Mirorder †Meridiungulata
      • Order †Litopterna
      • Order †Notoungulata
      • Order †Astrapotheria
      • Order †Xenungulata
      • Order †Pyrotheria
    • Mirorder Altungulata
      • Order Perissodactyla
      • Order Uranotheria or Paenungulata