Laurasiatheria

Biology Encyclopedia	Laurasiatheria Gill, 1872 “Laurasian beasts”
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Laurasiatheres

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Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Eutheria	†Eomaia
	†Murtoilestes
	†Prokennalestes
	†Kennalestes
	†Zalambdalestes
	Placentalia	"†Basal Placentalia"
		Xenarthra
		Afrotheria
		Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria
			Euarchontoglires

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Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata,, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha, Tetrapoda, Reptilomorpha, Cotylosauria, Amniota, Synapsida, Therapsida, Eutherapsida, Neotherapsida, Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Epicynodontia, Eucynodontia, Probainognathia, Mammaliaformes, Mammalia, Cladotheria, Zatheria, Theria, Eutheria, Placentalia, Boreoeutheria

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Laurasiatheria	Insectivora		†Nesophontidae
			Solenodontidae
				Talpidae
					Soricidae
					Erinaceidae
	Ferungulata	Chiroptera
		Cerartiodactyla
		Ferae
		Perissodactyla

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Information on the Internet

Kriegs JO, Churakov G, Kiefmann M, Jordan U, Brosius J, et al. (2006) Retroposed Elements as Archives for the Evolutionary History of Placental Mammals. PLoS Biol 4(4): e91. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040091 (pdf version)