Primatomorpha

Primatomorpha
	Katta ( lemur katta )
Systematics
without rank:	Synapsids (Synapsida)
Class :	Mammals (mammalia)
Subclass :	Higher mammals (Eutheria)
Superordinate :	Euarchontoglires
without rank:	Euarchonta
without rank:	Primatomorpha
Scientific name
	Primatomorpha
	Beard , 1991; Kalandadze & Rautian , 1992
Orders
	Giant Glider (Dermoptera); Primates (Primates);

The Primatomorpha are a taxon established on the basis of molecular genetic studies within the higher mammals . They emerged about 86.2 million years ago together with the shrews (Scandentia) as Euarchonta from the group of Euarchontoglires .

About 79.6 million years ago they split up into the two mammalian orders primates and giant gliders (Dermoptera).

Euarchontoglires

Euarchonta

Pointed Squirrel (Scandentia)

Primatomorpha

	Giant Glider (Dermoptera)

	Primates (Primates)

Glires

	Hare-like (Lagomorpha)

	Rodents (Rodentia)

literature

Jürgen Schmitz and Hans Zischler: A novel family of tRNA-derived SINEs in the colugo and two new retrotransposable markers separating dermopterans from primates. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , Volume 28, 2003, pp. 341–349 full text (PDF; 234 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ Jan E. Janecka, Webb Miller, Thomas H. Pringle, Frank Wiens, Annette Zitzmann, Kristofer M. Helgen, Mark S. Springer, and William J. Murphy: Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates Science November 2 2007 318: pages 792-794 ( doi : 10.1126 / science.1147555 ).

[1] Jan E. Janecka, Webb Miller, Thomas H. Pringle, Frank Wiens, Annette Zitzmann, Kristofer M. Helgen, Mark S. Springer, and William J. Murphy: Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates Science November 2 2007 318: pages 792-794 ( doi : 10.1126 / science.1147555 ).