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Euarchontoglires
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
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Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Eutheria
Superorder:Euarchontoglires
Orders
The 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 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:
Euarchontoglires
Glires

Rodentia (rodents)


 Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, pikas)


Euarchonta

Scandentia (treeshrews)

Dermoptera (flying lemurs)

†Plesiadapiformes


 Primates





References

  • William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Mark S. Springer et al. (14 December 2001). "Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics". Science 294 (5550): 2348-2351. doi:10.1126/science.1067179. 
  • Kriegs, Jan Ole, Gennady Churakov, Martin Kiefmann, Ursula Jordan, Juergen Brosius, Juergen Schmitz (2006). "Retroposed Elements as Archives for the Evolutionary History of Placental Mammals". PLoS Biol 4 (4): e91. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040091.  (pdf version)

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Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya) refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white chalk cliffs of southern England, which date from this time. Rocks deposited during the Late Cretaceous Period are referred to as the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Lemur
Linnaeus, 1758

Species: L. catta

Binomial name
Lemur catta
Linnaeus, 1758

The Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Eutheria

Orders[1]
  • Bobolestes
  • Eomaia
  • Maelestes
  • Montanalestes
  • Murtoilestes
  • Prokennalestes
  • Placentalia
  • Superorder

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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Glires

Orders
  • Rodentia
  • Lagomorpha
Glires (Latin glīrēs, dormice) is a clade consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas).
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Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821

Suborders

Sciuromorpha
Castorimorpha
Myomorpha
Anomaluromorpha
Hystricomorpha
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents
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Lagomorpha
Brandt, 1855

Families

Leporidae
Ochotonidae
Prolagidae (extinct)
The Lagomorphs, order Lagomorpha, are an order of mammals of which there are two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas).
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Euarchonta

Orders
 Dermoptera
 Scandentia
 Plesiadapiformes (extinct)
 Primates
The Euarchonta are a superorder of mammals containing four orders: the Dermoptera or colugos, the Scandentia or treeshrews, the extinct Plesiadapiformes,
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Dermoptera
Illiger, 1811

Family: Cynocephalidae
Simpson, 1945

Genera & Species

Cynocephalus
  • Cynocephalus volans
Galeopterus
  • Galeopterus variegatus

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Scandentia
Wagner, 1855

Families
  • Tupaiidae
  • Ptilocercidae


The treeshrews (or tree shrews) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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Plesiadapiformes
Simons & Tattersall, 1972

Families
  • Micromomyidae
  • Paromomyidae
  • Picromomyidae
  • Palaechthonidae
  • Picrodontidae
  • Microsyopidae
  • Chronolestidae
  • Plesiadapidae
  • Carpolestidae


Plesiadapiformes
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Primates
Linnaeus, 1758

Families
  • 15, See classification
A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the last category
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Retrotransposons are genetic elements that can amplify themselves in a genome and are ubiquitous components of the DNA of many eukaryotic organisms. They are a subclass of transposon.
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Glires

Orders
  • Rodentia
  • Lagomorpha
Glires (Latin glīrēs, dormice) is a clade consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas).
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Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821

Suborders

Sciuromorpha
Castorimorpha
Myomorpha
Anomaluromorpha
Hystricomorpha
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents
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Lagomorpha
Brandt, 1855

Families

Leporidae
Ochotonidae
Prolagidae (extinct)
The Lagomorphs, order Lagomorpha, are an order of mammals of which there are two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas).
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Euarchonta

Orders
 Dermoptera
 Scandentia
 Plesiadapiformes (extinct)
 Primates
The Euarchonta are a superorder of mammals containing four orders: the Dermoptera or colugos, the Scandentia or treeshrews, the extinct Plesiadapiformes,
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Scandentia
Wagner, 1855

Families
  • Tupaiidae
  • Ptilocercidae


The treeshrews (or tree shrews) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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Primates
Linnaeus, 1758

Families
  • 15, See classification
A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the last category
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Dermoptera
Illiger, 1811

Family: Cynocephalidae
Simpson, 1945

Genera & Species

Cynocephalus
  • Cynocephalus volans
Galeopterus
  • Galeopterus variegatus

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Laurasiatheria

Orders
  • Erinaceomorpha
  • Soricomorpha
  • Chiroptera
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Cetacea
  • Artiodactyla
  • Perissodactyla

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The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i.e. from 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago (Ma)) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary Period (about 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma).
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Glires

Orders
  • Rodentia
  • Lagomorpha
Glires (Latin glīrēs, dormice) is a clade consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas).
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