Talk:Afrosoricida
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The classification provided here is completely different from the classification at Mammal. john k 16:56, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
I edited this page because of the weak suppotr for Afrotheria. (Note:unsigned)
- I have reverted those changes. The support for Afrotheria has been very good in a number of independent genetic studies. Admittedly, the page could use some more balance from the morphology-centric viewpoint, but merely deleting the well-supported genetic taxonomic hypothesis in exchange for the traditional viewpoint is definitely counterproductive. --Aranae 04:08, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
I didnt delete the references to the molecular studies, but I edited it because I felt it misrepresents the support for Afrotheria. Although the Afrotheria is often recovered in such studies, the bootstrap support is actually very low, so the clade is not robust - besides that the only morphological character so far cited in support of Afrotheria, was "movable snout". However the snout anatomy is inconsistent within Afrotheria, and it seperates Afrosoricida from the African ungulates.
