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Laurasiatheria (/lɔːrˌeɪʒəˈθɪəriə, -θɛriə/; "Laurasian beasts") is a
superorder of
placental mammals that
groups together true
insectivores (eulipotyphlans)...
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placental mammals that
groups together superorders Euarchontoglires and
Laurasiatheria. The
clade includes species as
diverse as giraffes, pigs, zebras, rhinos...
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evidence from
molecular phylogenetics, and
together they make
superorder Laurasiatheria. The last
common ancestor of
Scrotifera is
supposed to have diversified...
- that a
placement within Laurasiatheria was
supported for
Sudamericungulata and
Litopterna when
Afrotheria and
Laurasiatheria were
constrained to be monophyletic...
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reclassified to the
newer clade Euungulata in 2001
within the
clade Laurasiatheria while Paenungulata has been
reclassified to a
distant clade Afrotheria...
- the
remaining ones in the
order Eulipotyphla within the
larger clade Laurasiatheria,
which makes up one of the
basal clades of
placental mammals. Before...
- superorder.
Relations among the four
cohorts (Euarchontoglires, Xenarthra,
Laurasiatheria, Afrotheria) and the
identity of the
placental root
remain controversial...
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Mammalia is a
class of
animal within the
phylum Chordata.
Mammal classification has been
through several iterations since Carl
Linnaeus initially defined...
- (including humans), lemurs, lorisids, galagos, and tarsiers)
Superorder Laurasiatheria Order Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, gymnures, shrews, moles, and solenodons)...
- turn,
Meridungulata is
believed to
belong to the
extant superorder Laurasiatheria. Some
scientists have
regarded the
astrapotheres (and
sometimes the...
