Alternative molecular phylogeny of Placentalia after Madsen et al., 2001

Alternative molecular phylogeny of Placentalia after Murphy et al., 2001

<==o PLACENTARIA [Eutheria] (istukkanisäkkäät)
   |--o ATLANTOGENATA (gondwananistukkanisäkkäät)
   |  |-- XENARTHRA
   |  `--+?- †MERIDIUNGULATA
   |     `--o AFROTHERIA
   |        |-- AFROSORICIDA (tanrecs & golden moles)
   |        `--+--+-- †Microhyus
   |           |  `-- MACROSCELIDEA
   |           `--o PSEUDOUNGULATA
   |              |-- TUBULIDENTATA
   |              `--o PAENUNGULATA
   |                 |-- HYRACOIDEA
   |                 `--o TETHYTHERIA
   |                    |-- SIRENIA
   |                    `--o BEHEMOTA
   |                       |-- †DESMOSTYLIA
   |                       `-- PROBOSCIDEA
   `--+--+--o GLIRES [Anagalida]
      |  |  |-- LAGOMORPHA
      |  |  `-- RODENTIA
      |  `--o EUARCHONTA
      |     |-- SCANDENTIA
      |     `--o PRIMATOMORPHA
      |        |-- DERMOPTERA
      |        `-- PRIMATES
      `--o LAURASIATHERIA [lauraasianistukkanisäkkäät]
         |?- EULIPOTYPHLA
         `--o SCROTIFERA
            |-- CHIROPTERA
            `--o FERUNGULATA
               |-- ARTIODACTYLA [Cetartiodactyla = incl. Cetacea]
               `--o ZOOAMATA
                  |-- PERISSODACTYLA
                  `--o FERAE
                     |-- PHOLIDOTA
                     `-- CARNIVORA

Reference(s):

Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C. J., Kao, D. J., DeBry, R. W., Adkins, R., Amrine, H. M., Stanhope, M. J., de Jong, W. W. & Springer, M. S., 2001: Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals.
–Nature: Vol. 409, 1 February, pp. 610-614

Mouchaty, S. K., Gullberg, A., Janke, A. & Arnason, U., 2000: Phylogenetic position of the tanrecs (Mammalia: Tanrecidae) of Madagaskar based on analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Echinops telfairi.
--Zoologica Scripta: Vol. 29, #4, pp. 307-317

Murphy, W. J., Elzirik, E., Johnson, W. E., Zhang, Y. P., Ryder, O. A. & O'Brien, S. J., 2001: Molecular phylogenetics and the origin of placental mammals.
–Nature: Vol. 409, 1 February, pp. 614-618

Tabuce, R., Coiffait, B., Coiffait, P.-E., Mahboubi, M. & Jaeger, J.-J., 2001: A new genus of Macroscelidea (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria: A possible origin for elephant-shrews.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #3, pp. 535-546

Waddell, P. J., Okada, N., & Hasegawa, M., 1999: Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals.
--Systematic Biology: Vol. 48, #1, pp. 1-5