Clade Afrotheria Stanhope et al. 1998 (placental)
PaleoDB taxon number: 92584
Synonym: Afroplacentalia (taxon 192316)
Parent taxon: Placentalia according to J. R. Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Americatheria, Atlantogenata, Boreoeutheria, Educabilia, Epitheria, Euarchontoglires, Exafroplacentalia, Ineducabilia, Ishatherium, Laurasiatheria, Lipotyphla, Perissodactyla, Petrolemuridae, Pseudorhyncocyonidae, Tingamarra, Ungulatomorpha, Mutilata
Subtaxa: Afroinsectiphilia, Afroinsectivora, Ocepeiidae, Paenungulatomorpha, Pseudoungulata, Tethytheria
Ecology: scansorial insectivore