subungulate

(sʌbˈʌŋɡjʊˌleɪt)

(Animals) any member of the superorder of animal termed Subungulata (also called Paenungulata), containing the elephant, sea cow and hyrax, as well as two extinct orders

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Contributors discuss George Gaylord Simpson and the history of paleomammalogy, anatomical evidence for superordinal/ordinal eutherian taxa in the cretaceous, molecular evidence for major placental clades, insectivoran-grade placentals, and characteristics of macroscelidea & tubulidentata, paenungulata, xenarthra & pholidota, euarchonta, glires, chiroptera, carnivora, perissodactyla, artiodactyla, and cetacea.

The rise of placental mammals; origin, timing, and relationships of the major extant clades

On the phylogenetic relationships among Paenungulata and within Elephantidae as demonstrated by immunological and osteological evidence.

A report on the Shelton Mastodon Site and a discussion of the numbers of mastodons and mammoths in Michigan

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