Scrotifera is a clade of placental mammals that groups together grandorder Ferungulata, Chiroptera, other extinct members and their common ancestors. The clade Scrotifera is a sister group to the orde
Scrotifera
The common ancestor of Scrotifera might have been similar to Phenacodus, an early ungulate, in terms of body dimensions and life history (precociality in particular).
Laurasiatheria is a superorder of placental mammals that groups together true insectivores, bats, carnivorans, pangolins, even-toed ungulates, odd-toed ungulates, and all their extinct relatives. From
Scrotifera
…a sister group to the order Eulipotyphla (true insectivores) based on evidence from molecular phylogenetics, and together they make up the superorder Laurasiatheria. The last common ancestor of Scrotifera is supposed to have diversified ca. 73.1 to 85.5 million years ago. The name Scrotifera, coined by Peter Waddell…