Laurasiatheria

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Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.


Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf clade
mammal clade
placental mammal clade
belongsToGroup placental mammals
class Mammalia
contains aerial mammals
aquatic mammals
terrestrial mammals
distinguishedBy molecular phylogenetic evidence
etymology named after the ancient supercontinent Laurasia
hasCharacteristic diverse ecological niches
wide range of body sizes
hasMember Carnivora
Cetacea
Cetartiodactyla
Chiroptera
Eulipotyphla
Perissodactyla
Pholidota
hypothesizedOrigin Laurasia
includesTaxon Artiodactyla
Carnivora
Cetacea
Cetartiodactyla
Chiroptera
Eulipotyphla
Perissodactyla
Pholidota
bats
bears
cats
cattle
deer
dogs
dolphins
hedgehogs
hippopotamuses
hoofed mammals
horses
moles
pangolins
pigs
porpoises
rhinoceroses
seals
shrews
whales
infraclass Eutheria
isSubsetOf Boreoeutheria
Eutheria
Placentalia
kingdom Animalia
partOf Boreoeutheria
phylum Chordata
reproductiveMode viviparous
subclass Theria
taxonRank superorder
unrankedClade Boreoeutheria

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Artiodactyla
Carnivora
Cetacea
superorder
Perissodactyla
clade
Eutheria
contains

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