Primatomorpha

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| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous–Holocene,

{{Fossil range|66|0|earliest=79.6|ref={{cite web |title=Primatomorpha |work=Paleobiology Database |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=132602&is_real_user=1}}}}

| image = Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus, adult female), Central Catchment Area, Singapore - 20060618.jpg

| image2 = Primates - some families.jpg

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Primatomorpha

| authority = Beard, 1991{{Cite book|last=Collectif | veditors = Coppens Y, Senut B|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xervDwAAQBAJ|title=Origine(s) de la bipédie chez les hominidés|date=1991|publisher=CNRS Éditions (réédition numérique FeniXX)|isbn=978-2-271-10666-7|language=en}}

| subdivision_ranks = Orders

| subdivision = * Dermoptera

Pan-Primates{{cite journal |last1=Wilson Mantilla |first1=G. P. |last2=Chester |first2=S. G. B. |last3=Clemens |first3=W. A. |last4=Moore |first4=J. R. |last5=Sprain |first5=C. J. |last6=Hovatter |first6=B. T. |last7=Mitchell |first7=W. S. |last8=Mans |first8=W. W. |last9=Mundil |first9=R. |last10=Renne |first10=P. R. |title=Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem primates |journal=Royal Society Open Science |date=2021 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=rsos.210050, 210050 |doi=10.1098/rsos.210050|pmid=33972886 |pmc=8074693 |bibcode=2021RSOS....810050W }}
Plesiadapiformes (incl. crown-primates)

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Primatomorpha is a proposed mirorder of mammals containing the orders Dermoptera (or colugos) and Primates. Primatomorpha is sister to Scandentia, together forming the Euarchonta.

The term "Primatomorpha" first appeared in the general scientific literature in 1991 (K.C. Beard) and 1992 (Kalandadze, Rautian). Major DNA sequence analyses of predominantly nuclear sequences (Murphy et al., 2001) support the Euarchonta hypothesis, while a major study investigating mitochondrial sequences supports a different tree topology (Arnason et al., 2002). A study investigating retrotransposon presence/absence data has claimed strong support for Euarchonta (Kriegs et al., 2007). Some interpretations of the molecular data link Primates and Dermoptera in a clade (mirorder) known as Primatomorpha, which is the sister of Scandentia. Primates probably split from the Dermoptera sister group 79.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous.{{cite journal | vauthors = Esselstyn JA, Oliveros CH, Swanson MT, Faircloth BC | title = Investigating Difficult Nodes in the Placental Mammal Tree with Expanded Taxon Sampling and Thousands of Ultraconserved Elements | journal = Genome Biology and Evolution | volume = 9 | issue = 9 | pages = 2308–2321 | date = September 2017 | pmid = 28934378 | pmc = 5604124 | doi = 10.1093/gbe/evx168 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Zhang ML, Li ML, Ayoola AO, Murphy RW, Wu DD, Shao Y | title = Conserved sequences identify the closest living relatives of primates | journal = Zoological Research | volume = 40 | issue = 6 | pages = 532–540 | date = November 2019 | pmid = 31393097 | pmc = 6822925 | doi = 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.057 }}

Other interpretations link the Dermoptera and Scandentia together in a group called Sundatheria as the sister group of the primates.{{cite journal | vauthors = O'Leary MA, Bloch JI, Flynn JJ, Gaudin TJ, Giallombardo A, Giannini NP, Goldberg SL, Kraatz BP, Luo ZX, Meng J, Ni X, Novacek MJ, Perini FA, Randall ZS, Rougier GW, Sargis EJ, Silcox MT, Simmons NB, Spaulding M, Velazco PM, Weksler M, Wible JR, Cirranello AL | display-authors = 6 | title = The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals | journal = Science | volume = 339 | issue = 6120 | pages = 662–7 | date = February 2013 | pmid = 23393258 | doi = 10.1126/science.1229237 | bibcode = 2013Sci...339..662O | hdl = 11336/7302 | s2cid = 206544776 | hdl-access = free }}{{cite web |last=Wilford |first=John Noble | name-list-style = vanc |title=Rat-Size Ancestor Said to Link Man and Beast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/science/common-ancestor-of-mammals-plucked-from-obscurity.html |date=7 February 2013 |work=New York Times |access-date=9 February 2013 }} Some recent studies place Scandentia as sister of the Glires, invalidating Euarchonta.{{cite journal | vauthors = Meredith RW, Janečka JE, Gatesy J, Ryder OA, Fisher CA, Teeling EC, Goodbla A, Eizirik E, Simão TL, Stadler T, Rabosky DL, Honeycutt RL, Flynn JJ, Ingram CM, Steiner C, Williams TL, Robinson TJ, Burk-Herrick A, Westerman M, Ayoub NA, Springer MS, Murphy WJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification | journal = Science | volume = 334 | issue = 6055 | pages = 521–4 | date = October 2011 | pmid = 21940861 | doi = 10.1126/science.1211028 | bibcode = 2011Sci...334..521M | s2cid = 38120449 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Zhou X, Sun F, Xu S, Yang G, Li M | title = The position of tree shrews in the mammalian tree: Comparing multi-gene analyses with phylogenomic results leaves monophyly of Euarchonta doubtful | journal = Integrative Zoology | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 186–98 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25311886 | doi = 10.1111/1749-4877.12116 }}