Afrotheria

‎Classis: Mammalia
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladi: Afroinsectiphilia – Paenungulata – ?†Desmostylia – †Ptolemaiida

Ordines: Afrosoricida – Hyracoidea – Macroscelidea – Proboscidea – Sirenia – Tubulidentata – ?†Desmostylia – †Embrithopoda – †Ptolemaiida

Afrotheria Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998

• Stanhope, M.J., Waddell, V.G., Madsen, O., de Jong, W., Hedges, S.B., Cleven, G.C., Kao, D. & Springer, M.S. 1998. Molecular evidence for multiple origins of Insectivora and for a new order of endemic African insectivore mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95(17): 9967–9972. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.17.996 Reference page. 

• Poulakakis, N., & Stamatakis, A. 2010. Recapitulating the evolution of Afrotheria: 57 genes and rare genomic changes (RGCs) consolidate their history. Systematics and biodiversity 8 (3): 395–408. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.484436 [corrigendum in Systematics and biodiversity 10 (1): 125. (2012) DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.665662]

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