Euarchonta

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Euarchonta Order Scandentia (tree
shrews) Family Tupaidae
Family Ptilocercidae
Order Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
Family Cynocephalidae Order
Plesiadapiformes Order Primates
(primates) Suborder Strepsirrhini
Infraorder Adapiformes
Infraorder Lemuriformes
Suborder Haplorrhini
Infraorder Tarsiiformes
Family Omomyidae Family
Tarsiidae Infraorder
Anthropoidea Platyrrhines
Family Atelidae
Family Cebidae
Catarrhines Family
Cercopithecidae Family
Hylobatidae Family
Hominidae
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PRIMATE EVOLUTION
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PLESIADAPIFORM vs. STREPSIRHINE
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ORDER Primates Suborder
Strepsirrhini Infraorder
Adapiformes Infraorder
Lemuriformes Cheirogaleidae
Magaladapidae
Lemuridae Indridae
Daubentoniidae
Loridae
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PRIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
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PRIMATES GRADES vs CLADES
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Haplorhines vs. Strepsirhines
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STREPSIRHINE DIVERGENCE mtDNA molecular
clock
From Yoder et al. 1996 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci.