Quaternates
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Quaternates is an obsolete order of mammals created by Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839, imitating Linnean nomenclature (Primates). It included the suborders Gravigrada, Pachydermata, and Ruminantia.
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[edit]- BLAINVILLE, Henri-Marie Ducrotay de (1839): âNouvelle classification des MammifĂšresâ in Annales Françaises et EtrangĂšres dâAnatomie et de Physiologie AppliquĂ©es Ă la MĂ©dicine et Ă lâHistoire Naturelle, 3, pp. 268-269