List of currently recognized “orders” after McKenna & Bell, 1997
MAMMALIA [Mammaliaformes sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] †Sinoconodontiformes Kinman, 1994 †Morganucodonta Kermack, Mussett & Rigney, 1973 †Docodonta Kretzoi, 1958 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 Mammalia sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 †Kuehneotheria Theriiformes †Allotheria †Haramiyida †Multituberculata Holotheria Trechnotheria †Amphidontoidea Prothero, 1981 †Triconodonta Osborn, 1888 [paraphyletic] †Spalacotheroidea Prothero, 1981 †Symmetrodonta Mammalia sensu Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 and Luo, Kielan-Jaworowska & Cifelli, 2002 †Yinotheria Chow & Rich, 1982 †Shuotherida Chow & Rich, 1982 Australophenida [incl. Prototheria] †Ausktribosphenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 Monotremata (nokkaeläimet) Platypoda (platypuses; vesinokkaeläimet) Tachyglossa (echidnas; nokkasiilit) Cladotheria †Dryolestoidea †Dryolestida Prothero, 1981 Zatheria †Amphitheriida Prothero, 1981 †Peramura McKenna, 1975 Boreosphenida †Aegialodontia †Pappotherida Butler, 1978 Theria Metatheria (marsupials and relatives; pussieläinmäiset nisäkkäät) Eutheria (Placental mammals and relatives; istukkanisäkäsmäiset nisäkkäät)
Reference(s):
- Burkitt, J. H., 1995: Mammals: A world listing of living and extinct species.
–iNet: Cougar Hill Sanctuary Association: Online Library: mammals.pdf
[no longer available, looking for a new link] - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629