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The 6 major branches of the mammalian radiation. The evolution of present-day extant mammals is shown. The branches and times of divergence are from Murphy et al. [2001], and somewhat different estimates are from Bininda-Emonds et al. [2007]. See Woodburne et al. [2003] for evidence of a greater antiquity of mammalian clades.
