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Monotremes Marsupials Afrotheria Xenarthra Laurasiatheria (Chiropterans, Carnivores Perissodactya Cetiartiodactyla Eulipotyphla (Soricids, talpids, Solenodons)

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1 Monotremes Marsupials Afrotheria Xenarthra Laurasiatheria (Chiropterans, Carnivores Perissodactya Cetiartiodactyla Eulipotyphla (Soricids, talpids, Solenodons) Euarchontoglires Scandentia, dermoptera, primates, lagomorphs, rodents Bininda-Emonds et al 2007

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3 Cretaceous mammals weren’t all small! Repenomamus (Li and Wang 2000) 1 meter long ate small dinos

4 The Grande Coupure (Eocene-Oligocene “Big Break”) Before After Perrisodactyls PaleotheridaeRhinocerotidae ArtodactylsAnaplotheridaeEntelodontidae PrimatesAdapidae None? RodentsProtosciuridaeCricetidae, Castoridae Eulipotyphlans None?Erinaceidae

5 Body mass # mammal species # new/species # extinctions

6 So what does this new study really show?

7 28/17 See Fig 26.2 50/4 42/0 52/18 50/19 37/2


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