Afrotheria

Loxodonta africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Afrotheria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria

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

Conspectus ordinum

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

Name

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

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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]

Vernacular names

العربية: أفريقيات
Ελληνικά: Αφροθήρια
日本語: アフリカ獣上目
norsk: Afrotheria
polski: afrotery
português: Afrotérios
中文: 非洲獸總目

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