Taxonavigation

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordines: Afrotheria – Euarchontoglires – Laurasiatheria – Xenarthra – †Meridiungulata

References

• O'Leary, M.A.; Bloch, J.I.; Flynn, J.J.; Gaudin, T.J.; Giallombardo, A.; Giannini, N.P.; Goldberg, S.L.; Kraatz, B.P.; Luo, Z.-X.; Meng, J.; Ni, X.; Novacek, M.J.; Perini, F.A.; Randall, Z.S.; Rougier, G.W.; Sargis, E.J.; Silcox, M.T.; Simmons, N.B.; Spaulding, M.; Velazco, P.M.; Weksler, M.; Wible, J.R.; & Cirranello, A.L. 2013: The placental mammal ancestor and the post–K-Pg radiation of placentals. Science 339 (6120): 662–667. DOI: 10.1126/science.1229237 Reference page. 

Comments

Theory A.

• Placentalia
  • Xenarthra
  • Epitheria
    • Afrotheria
    • Boreoeutheria
      • Euarchontoglires
      • Laurasiatheria

Theory B.

• Placentalia
  • Boreoeutheria
    • Euarchontoglires
    • Laurasiatheria
  • Atlantogenata
    • Xenarthra
    • Afrotheria

Theory C.

• Placentalia
  • Afrotheria
  • Exafroplacentalia
    • Xenarthra
    • Boreoeutheria
      • Euarchontoglires
      • Laurasiatheria

Hedges and Emma C. Teeling, 2013, Making the Impossible Possible: Rooting the Tree of Placental Mammals, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 30 (9): pp. 1999-2000. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst118

Vernacular names

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