Preptotheria is a superorder of placental mammals proposed by McKenna & Bell in their classification of mammals.
Classification
The Linnean taxonomy of Preptotheria according to the scheme of McKenna & Bell (1997):
Cohort Placentalia
Magnorder Xenarthra
Order Cingulata
Order Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters
Magnorder Epitheria
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