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Proposed clade of mammals

Atlantogenata
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Clade: Atlantogenata
Waddell et al, 1999
Subgroups

Atlantogenata ("born around the Atlantic Ocean") is a proposed clade (magnorder) of placental mammals containing the cohorts or superorders Xenarthra and Afrotheria. These groups originated and radiated in the South American and African continents, respectively, presumably in the Cretaceous. Together with Boreoeutheria, they make up Placentalia. The monophyly of this grouping is supported by some genetic evidence.

Alternative hypotheses are that Boreoeutheria and Afrotheria combine to form Epitheria (as generally supported by anatomical and other physiological evidence) or that Boreoeutheria and Xenarthra combine to form Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia.

Updated analysis of transposable element insertions around the time of divergence strongly supports the fourth hypothesis of a near-concomitant origin (trifurcation) of the three superorders of mammals: Afrotheria, Boreoeutheria, and Xenarthra.

Placentalia
Atlantogenata

Xenarthra

Afrotheria

Boreoeutheria

Laurasiatheria

Euarchontoglires

Below shows the phylogeny of the extant atlantogenate families.

Atlantogenata
Xenarthra
Cingulata

Dasypodidae

Chlamyphoridae

Pilosa
Vermilingua

Cyclopedidae

Myrmecophagidae

Folivora

Bradypodidae

Choloepodidae

Afrotheria
Paenungulata
Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Tethytheria
Sirenia

Trichechidae

Dugongidae

Proboscidea

Elephantidae

Afroinsectiphilia
Tubulidentata

Orycteropodidae

Afroinsectivora
Macroscelidea

Macroscelididae

Afrosoricida

Chrysochloridae

Tenrecidae

Potamogalidae

References

  1. ^ Waddell, Peter J.; Cao, Ying; Hasegawa, Masami; Mindell, David P. (1999). "Assessing the Cretaceous Superordinal Divergence Times within Birds and Placental Mammals by Using Whole Mitochondrial Protein Sequences and an Extended Statistical Framework". Systematic Biology. 48 (1): 119–137. doi:10.1080/106351599260481. PMID 12078636.
  2. Ian R. Tizard (2023). Comparative Mammalian Immunology: The Evolution and Diversity of the Immune Systems of Mammals. Academic Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-32395-220-0. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. Waddell, Peter J.; Okada, Norohiro; Hasegawa, Masami (1999). "Towards Resolving the Interordinal Relationships of Placental Mammals". Systematic Biology. 48 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1093/sysbio/48.1.1. PMID 12078634.
  4. Murphy, W.J.; Pringle, T.H.; Crider, T.A.; Springer, M.S.; Miller, W. (2007). "Using genomic data to unravel the root of the placental mammal phylogeny". Genome Research. 17 (4): 413–421. doi:10.1101/gr.5918807. PMC 1832088. PMID 17322288.
  5. Wildman, Derek E.; Chen, Caoyi; Erez, Offer; Grossman, Lawrence I.; Goodman, Morris; Romero, Roberto (2006). "Evolution of the mammalian placenta revealed by phylogenetic analysis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (9): 3203–3208. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.3203W. doi:10.1073/pnas.0511344103. PMC 1413940. PMID 16492730.
  6. Nishihara, H.; Maruyama, S.; Okada, N. (2009). "Retroposon analysis and recent geological data suggest near-simultaneous divergence of the three superorders of mammals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (13): 5235–40. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.5235N. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809297106. PMC 2655268. PMID 19286970.
  7. Churakov, G.; Kriegs, J. O.; Baertsch, R.; Zemann, A.; Brosius, J. R.; Schmitz, J. R. (2009). "Mosaic retroposon insertion patterns in placental mammals". Genome Research. 19 (5): 868–875. doi:10.1101/gr.090647.108. PMC 2675975. PMID 19261842.

Further reading

Extant mammal orders
Yinotheria
Australosphenida
Theria
Metatheria
(Marsupial inclusive)
Ameridelphia
Australidelphia
Eutheria
(Placental inclusive)
Atlantogenata
Xenarthra
Afrotheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Euarchontoglires
Taxon identifiers
Atlantogenata


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