Talk:Eutheria

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Xenarthra is also placed under Placentalia. Dan Koehl 10:24, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Xenarthra is used here as the superorder, but at Placentalia as the order. I think these pages should be merged, like Metatheria and Marsupialia. Ucucha 18:18, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation

Eutheria includes:

• A few extinct genera.
• Placentalia
  • Xenarthra are animals with joints unlike other mammals, like anteaters, sloths, and armadillos.
  • Laurasiatheria 7 orders of mammal, including, bats, cats, horses, dolphins. All 7 orders were originally found in the supercontinent Laurasia
  • Afrotheria includes Paenungulata (elephants, Sirenia and hyraxes), Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), Tubulidentata (aardvarks), and Macroscelidea (elephant shrews).
  • Euarchontoglires includes Rodentia, Lagomorpha and the Euarchonta, a clade consisting of the Scandentia, the Primates and the Dermoptera.