Exafroplacentalia

Exafroplacentalia; Temporal range: Paleocene - Holocene,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Clade:	Exafroplacentalia; Waddell et al, 2001
Subgroups
	Superorder Xenarthra: Order Cingulata (Armadillos); Order Pilosa (Anteaters, sloths); ; Magnorder Boreoeutheria: Superorder Laurasiatheria; Superorder Euarchontoglires; ; Afrotheria?;

Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia is a clade of placental mammals proposed in 2001 on the basis of molecular research.

Exafroplacentalia places Xenarthra as a sister group to the Boreoeutheria (comprising Laurasiatheria and Euarchontoglires), thus making Afrotheria a primitive group of placental mammals (the group name roughly means "those which are not African placentals").

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