The PEDIGREE of
Cohort of Epitherials
(recent studies reject the inclusion of Hedgehog in any clade below placental)

Born: abt. 110 M BC

Children: Subcohort [McKenna] Carnivora-Archonta-Ungulata ; Order (G/L) Insectivora (Mole : Hedgehog : etc.)

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													/	-- Subkingdom of Metazoa +	====> [ 43]
												/	-- Super-branch Eumetazoa
											/	-- Branch Bilateria
										/	-- Grade (Infrakingdom) of Coelomates
									/	-- Superphylum of Deuterostomes
								/	-- Phylum Chordata (540 M BC - ?)
							/	-- Subphylum Vertebrata (510 M BC - ?)
						/	-- Proto-Class of Jawed Fish (450 M BC)
					/	-- Proto-Class Tetrapoda (Legged Fish) (370 M BC)
				/	-- Proto-Class Amniota (Terrestrial Vertebrates)
			/	-- Proto-Class of Warm-blooded Vertebrates (270 M BC)
		/	-- Class of Mammals (200? M BC - ?)
	/	-- Subclass of Therial Mammals (150? M BC - ?)
/	-- Infraclass [McKenna] of Placental Mammals (120? M BC - ?)
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- Cohort of Epitherials