Euarchontoglires

Taxobox
name = Euarchontoglires
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous - Recent


image_width = 160px
image_caption = Ring-tailed Lemurs ("Lemur catta")
regnum = Animalia
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Eutheria
superordo = Euarchontoglires
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
* Glires
** Rodentia
** Lagomorpha
* Euarchonta
** Dermoptera
** Scandentia
** Plesiadapiformes†
** PrimatesThe Euarchontoglires (synonymous with Supraprimates) are a mammalian superorder based on molecular genetic sequence analyses and retrotransposon presence/absence data, combining the Glires clade, which consists of the Rodentia and the Lagomorpha, with that of the Euarchonta, a clade consisting of the Scandentia, the Primates (which includes humans) and the Dermoptera.

The Euarchontoglires probably split from the Laurasiatheria sister group about 85 to 95 million years ago during the Cretaceous. This hypothesis is supported by fossil as well as molecular evidence.

The hypothesized relationship among the Euarchontoglires is as follows:Clade
label1=Euarchontoglires
1=Clade
label1=Glires
1=Clade
1=Rodentia (rodents)
2=Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, pikas)
label2=Euarchonta
2=Clade
1=Scandentia (treeshrews)
2=Clade
1=Dermoptera (colugos)
2=Clade
1=†Plesiadapiformes
2=Primates

References

*cite journal|author=William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Mark S. Springer et al.|title=Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics|journal=Science|volume=294|issue=5550|pages=2348–2351|date=14 December 2001|doi=10.1126/science.1067179|pmid=11743200
*cite journal|author=Kriegs, Jan Ole, Gennady Churakov, Martin Kiefmann, Ursula Jordan, Juergen Brosius, Juergen Schmitz|year=2006|title=Retroposed Elements as Archives for the Evolutionary History of Placental Mammals|journal=PLoS Biol|volume=4|issue=4|pages=e91|doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040091 ( [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&file=10.1371_journal.pbio.0040091-S.pdf pdf version] )

External links

* [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/3/1056 Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary]