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What is an infraclass?

What is an infraclass? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (taxonomy) A zoological classification sometimes inserted below subclass and above superorder.
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In the Late Cretaceous also appeared the first modern birds, assigned to the infraclass Neornithes, or Carinata.
The infraclass Holostei includes the orders Semionotiformes, Pycnodontiformes, and Amiiformes.
I'm animal, my phylum is chordata, my subphylum is vertebrate, my class is mammals, sublass theria, infraclass eutheria, within that I'm a primate, and within that I'm human.
The taxonomic rationale for placement at the infraclass level is discussed in Brower.
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters.
In all cases, a representative of the mammalian infraclass Metatheria was designated as an outgroup.

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