Preptotheria is a superorder of placental mammals proposed by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.
According to McKenna/Bell:
Order Cingulata
Order Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters
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
Alternative classification, with no extinct groups shown:
Order Pilosa
Order Cingulata
Superorder Afrotheria
Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia
Order Afrosoricida
Order Macroscelidea
Order Tubulidentata
Grandorder Paenungulata
Order Hyracoidea
Mirorder Tethytheria
Order Proboscidea
Order Sirenia
Superorder Euarchontoglires
Grandorder Glires
Mirorder Duplicidentata
Order Lagomorpha
Mirorder Simplicidentata
Order Rodentia
Grandorder Euarchonta
Mirorder Sundatheria
Order Dermoptera (included in Primates according to McKenna & Bell)
Order Scandentia
Mirorder Primatomorpha
Order Primates
Superorder Laurasiatheria
Order Eulipotyphla (subsumes Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha)
Order Chiroptera
Grandorder Ferae
Order Pholidota
Order Carnivora
Grandorder Euungulata
Order Perissodactyla
Order Cetartiodactyla (subsumes Artiodactyla and Cetacea)
