RE: Ptolemaiida & Barytheria

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Brian Lauret wrote-

> I found a reference to these two placental orders in a text about the Fayum 
> formation. Subsequent googling of the names didn't give to many informative 
> results.
>
> Is there any list member with more information about these groups, such as 
> if they're afrotheres, what did they look like and what is the reason for 
> placing them in seperate orders?

According to Gheerbrant et al. (2005), barytheriids are proboscideans more 
derived than Phosphatotherium, Daouitherium and numidotheriids, but less so 
than other taxa.  So yes, they would be afrotheres.

Mickey Mortimer