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Archonta: Dendrogram

Abbreviated Dendrogram
Eutheria ├─Laurasiatheria ├?─Chiroptera └─Euarchontaglires ├─Anagalida (incl. Glires) └─Archonta ├─┬─Scandentia │ └─Dermoptera └─Primatomorpha ╞═Plesiadapiformes └─Primates
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Overview
Archonta
Dermoptera
Dendrogram
References

Dendrogram

The following dendrogram is adapted from the one by Christopher Taylor posted on the Palaeos wiki:

Eutheria ├─Laurasiatheria ├?─Chiroptera └─Euarchontaglires ├─Anagalida (incl. Glires) └─Archonta (= Euarchonta) MH ├─┬─Scandentia MH, ToL │ └─Dermoptera │ ├─Plagiomenidae │ │ ├─Planetetherium mirabile │ │ ├─Elpidophorus │ │ └─Plagiomene │ └─Cynocephalidae [Galeopitheci, Galeopithecidae, Galéopithèques] │ ├─Galeopithecus │ ├─Cynocephalus │ │ ├─C. variegatus │ │ └─C. volans │ └─Galeopterus variegatus └─Primatomorpha (incl. paraphyletic Plesiadapiformes X MH) ├─Micromomyidae │ ├─Micromomys Szalay 1973 │ ├─Tinimomys graybulliensis │ ├─Chalicomomys Beard & Houde 1989 │ └─Dryomomys Bloch, Silcox et al. 2007 └─┬─┬─Berruvius │ └─Microsyopidae │ ├─Microsyops [incl. Microsus] │ ├─Craeseops │ ├─Cynodontomys │ ├─Megadelphus lundeliusi │ ├─Niptomomys doreenae │ └─Navajovius Matthew & Granger 1921 └─┬─┬─Palaechthon [Palaechthonidae] │ ├─Pandemonium │ └─Paromomyidae [Paromomyoidea] │ ├─Ignacius Matthew & Granger 1921 │ ├─Phenacolemur │ ├─Paromomys │ └─Acidomomys hebeticus └─Primates (Euprimateformes)

References

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Bloch, J. I., M. T. Silcox, D. M. Boyer & E. J. Sargis. 2007. New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 104 (4): 1159-1164.
Huang X. & Chen L. 1997. Mammalian remains from the Late Paleocene of Guichi, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35 (1): 49-67.
MacKinnon, K. 1984. Flying lemurs. In All the World's Animals: Primates (D. Macdonald, ed.) pp. 150-151. Torstar Books: New York.
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Meng, J., Y. Hu & C. Li. 2003. The osteology of Rhombomylus (Mammalia, Glires): Implications for phylogeny and evolution of Glires. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 275: 1-247.
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Ni, X., Y. Wang, Y. Hu & C. Li. 2003. A euprimate skull from the early Eocene of China. Nature 427: 65-68.
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Simons, E. L. 1961b. Notes on Eocene tarsioids and a revision of some Necrolemurinae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 5 (3): 43-69.
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Wible, J. R., G. W. Rougier, M. J. Novacek & R. J. Asher. 2007. Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary. Nature 447: 1003-1006.

Dendrogram and references by CKT 090815