Paenungulata

plural noun
Paen·​ungulata | \ (ˈ)pēn+\

Definition of Paenungulata

in some classifications
: a major division of eutherian mammals comprising the extinct orders Pantodonta, Dinocerata, Pyrotheria, and Embrithopoda together with the surviving orders Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Sirenia

History and Etymology for Paenungulata

New Latin, from Latin paene nearly, almost + New Latin Ungulata; so called from their position in the evolutionary scale

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