Superorder Afrotheria Stanhope et al. 1998 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Synonym: Afroplacentalia

Full reference: M. Stanhope, V. G. Waddell, O. Madsen, W. Jong, B. Hedges, G. C. Cleven, D. Kao and M. S. Springer. 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 95(17):9967-9972

Parent taxon: Placentalia according to J. R. Wible et al. 2007

See also Asher and Helgen 2010, Madsen et al. 2001, Phillips et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 2001 and Waddell et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Americatheria, Atlantogenata, Boreoeutheria, Educabilia, Epitheria, Exafroplacentalia, Ineducabilia, Pahelia, Petrolemuridae, Tingamarra, Ungulatomorpha, Insectivora, Chiroptera, Mutilata

Subtaxa: Afroinsectiphilia Ocepeiidae Paenungulatomorpha Pseudoungulata Tethytheria

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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