Pseudoungulata

Taxobox
name = Pseudoungulata
fossil_range = Eocene? - Recent


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Aardvark
regnum = Animalia
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Eutheria
superordo = Afrotheria
unranked_familia = Pseudungulata
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
** Tubulidentata
* Paenungulata
** Hyracoidea
** Sirenia
** Proboscidea

Pseudoungulata, or "false hoofed mammals", is a possible clade made up of two subgroups, the aardvarks, and the paenungulates (hyraxes, elephants, and sirenians).cite journal | author = Seiffert, E.R. | year = 2007 | title = A new estimate of afrotherian phylogeny based on simultaneous analysis of genomic, morphological, and fossil evidence | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 7 | pages = 13 | url = http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-7-224.pdf | accessdate = 2008-04-19 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-7-13] Before this group was proposed, it was thought that aardvarks were more closely related to the Xenarthra. However, all of these mammals are now considered to be part of the Afrotheria, which also includes, elephant shrews and the Afrosoricida. Other relationships of aardvarks within Afrotheria are possible, including a relationship to elephant shrews and/or afrosoricidans.

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