Notolegia

Exafroplacentals Temporal range: Paleocene - Holocene, 65–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

European mole (Boreoeutheria)

Giant anteater (Xenarthra)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Clade:	Exafroplacentalia Waddell et al, 2001
Orders and Clades
Superorder Xenarthra: Cingulata (Armadillos) Pilosa (Anteaters, Sloth) Magnorder Boreoeutheria: Superorder Laurasiatheria: Eulipotyphla (Shrews, Moles) Cetartiodactyla (Whales, dolphins, ruminants, etc.) Chiroptera (Bats) Perissodactyla (Horses, etc.) Pholidota (Scaly Anteaters) Carnivora (Carnivores) Superorder Euarchontoglires: Glires Rodentia (Rodents) Lagomorpha (Rabbits, etc.) Euarchonta Scandentia (Tree Shrews) Primatomorpha Dermoptera (Flying Lemurs) Primates

Magnorder Boreoeutheria:

Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia is a clade of placental mammals proposed in 2001 on the basis of molecular research.

Exafroplacentalia places Xenarthra as a sister group to the Boreoeutheria (comprising Laurasiatheria and Euarchontoglires), thus making Afrotheria a primitive group of placental mammals (the group name roughly means "those which are not African placentals").

One alternative hypothesis is the Epitheria hypothesis:

Another alternative hypothesis is the Atlantogenata hypothesis:

Updated analysis of transposable element insertions around the time of divergence strongly supports the fourth hypothesis of a near-concomitant origin of the three superorders of mammals:

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