Clade Laurasiatheria Waddell et al. 1999 (placental mammal)
Synonym: Laurasiaplacentalia
Full reference: P. J. Waddell, N. Okada, and M. Hasegawa. 1999. Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals. Systematic Biology 48(1):1-5
Parent taxon: Placentalia according to J. R. Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Afrotheria, Boreoeutheria, Educabilia, Epitheria, Euarchontoglires, Exafroplacentalia, Ineducabilia, Lipotyphla, Petrolemuridae, Widanelfarasia, Xenarthra, Panameriungulata, Mutilata
Subtaxa: Artiodactylamorpha, Eulipotyphla, Scrotifera
Ecology: scansorial insectivore