- were
filled by
various groups of
afrotheres via the
process of
convergent evolution. The
small insectivorous afrotheres such as
elephant shrews, golden...
- moles, tenrecs, and
otter shrews to be
unrelated to the
others (these
afrothere groups were then put in
their own order, Afrosoricida). This made Lipotyphla...
-
temperatures like
those of
modern therians. Likewise, some
modern therians like
afrotheres and
xenarthrans have
secondarily developed lower body temperatures. The...
- This is a list of
herbivorous animals,
organized in a
roughly taxonomic manner. In general,
entries consist of
animal species known with good certainty...
-
Desmostylia and
Anthracobunidae have
traditionally been
placed among the
afrotheres, but they may
actually represent stem-perissodactyls. They are an early...
-
other prehistoric species and
genera of
Tubulidentata are known. They are
afrotheres, a
clade that also
includes elephants, manatees, and hyraxes. They are...
-
relation to true ungulates,
possibly polyphyletic since some
forms may be
afrotheres or even non-placental eutherians)
Creodonta (order
closely related to...
- have
migrated to
Africa from Europe,
where they
competed with the
native afrothere herbivores for the same niches. Of the
nearly 50
genera that have existed...
- two
major extinct groups that have been
considered to be non-African
afrotheres,
close to each
other within Perissodactyla. The rodent-like
hyrax A bull...
- The
Ngorora Formation is a
geological formation in
Kenya preserving fossils dating to the Miocene. The
uppermost member of the
formation shows sign of...
