Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Archonta McKenna, 1975

Grandorder (some refer to it as a cohort) that includes the mammalian orders Primates, Chiroptera, Dermoptera, and Scandentia. These Orders are considered to be derived from a common mammalian ancestor that diversified during the Paleocene. Adjective: Archontan.

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King, Mary-Claire (... humans and chimpanzee’ (1975), with A. Wilson (Science, 188: ...)
Altanius orlovi Dashzeveg and McKenna, 1977 (Fossil species from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of Mongolia. Based on characteristics of ...)
Euprimates (One of two suborders within the order Primates as proposed by McKenna and Bell in Classification ...)
nipple (See areola (2). Niptomomys McKenna, 1960: archaic mammal of the early Eocene of the Rocky ...)
Chiroptera (... orders within the grandorder Archonta.)