Paenungulata
plural noun
Paen·ungulata
(ˈ)pēn+
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
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin paene nearly, almost + New Latin Ungulata; so called from their position in the evolutionary scale