PBDB Taxon

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Primatomorpha

Mammalia

Taxonomy

Primatomorpha was named by Beard (1991). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Janecka et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Euarchonta by Waddell et al. (1999), Waddell et al. (2001) and Janecka et al. (2007).

Subtaxa

Dermoptera (syn. Galeopithecia, Ptenopleura, Pterophorae)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1991	Primatomorpha Beard
1999	Primatomorpha Waddell et al. p. cover
2001	Primatomorpha Waddell et al. p. 148
2007	Primatomorpha Janecka et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
—	Primatomorpha
—	Primatomorpha

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Primatomorpha Beard 1991

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Or. Dermoptera Illinger 1811 [colugo]

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G. †Dermotherium Ducrocq et al. 1992

†Dermotherium chimaera Marivaux et al. 2006

†Dermotherium major Ducrocq et al. 1992

G. †Elpidophorus Simpson 1927

†Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927

Invalid names: Elpidophorus patratus Simpson 1936 [synonym]

†Elpidophorus minor Simpson 1937

Subor. Eudermoptera Beard 1993 [true dermopteran]

Infraor. Colugodontiformes Beard 1993 [colugo]

Fm. Galeopithecidae Gray 1821

Invalid names: Colugidae Miller 1906 [synonym], Cynocephalidae Simpson 1945 [synonym], Galeopithecina Bonaparte 1850 [empty], Galeopteridae Thomas 1908 [synonym], Pleuropteridae Burnett 1829 [synonym], Pterocebineae Lesson 1840 [synonym]

Invalid names: Paromomyiformes Szalay 1973 [empty]

G. †Plagiomene Matthew 1918

†Plagiomene accola Rose 1981

†Plagiomene multicuspis Matthew 1918

†Plagiomene zalmouti Secord 2008

G. †Planetetherium Simpson 1928

†Planetetherium mirabile Simpson 1928

G. †Worlandia Bown and Rose 1979

†Worlandia inusitata Bown and Rose 1979

Invalid names: Galeopithecia Jaekel 1911 [synonym], Galeopithecoidea Gray 1821 [empty], Ptenopleura Van der Hoeven 1858 [synonym], Pterophorae Gray 1821 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

insectivoresubc

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-06 20:43:42

Modified:

2005-09-06 22:44:32

Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 60.9 Ma

Collections (74 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
To2	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus minor (14894) Elpidophorus sp. (99007)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Montana)	Elpidophorus minor (14913)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus elegans (194574) Elpidophorus minor (143200)
Ti1	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus elegans (14939)
Ti3	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus elegans (14928 14992)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Montana)	Elpidophorus elegans (14937 15025) Elpidophorus patratus (15037 15064) Elpidophorus sp. (15048)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Wyoming)	Elpidophorus elegans (15017 15034) Elpidophorus minor (15067)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus elegans (14929 14949 14954 14957 14959 14973 14995)
Late/Upper Paleocene	58.7 - 55.8	USA (Wyoming)	Plagiomene zalmouti (188220)
Clarkforkian	56.2 - 54.9	USA (Wyoming)	Plagiomene accola (15084 15091 15107 15112 15190 15192) Plagiomene accola, Worlandia inusitata (15082) Planetetherium mirabile (15092 15140) Planetetherium sp. (15072) Worlandia inusitata (15085 15103)
Clarkforkian	56.2 - 54.9	USA (Montana)	Planetetherium mirabile (15079)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Ellesmene eureka (15583)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	Plagiomene multicuspis (15510 15517 15518 15520 15522 15523 15524 15532 15682 15694 15695 15697 15702 15705 15729 15790 15897 46698 46730 46749 46760 46773 46797 46831 46832)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	USA (Wyoming)	Worlandia sp. (15081)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Montana)	Dermoptera indet. (16854)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Thailand	Dermotherium major (49078)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Thailand (Phetchaburi)	Dermoptera indet. (71985)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Kenya	Galeopithecidae indet. (22077)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Ethiopia	Galeopithecidae indet. (22174)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	South Africa	Galeopithecidae indet. (22660)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Ethiopia	Galeopithecidae indet. (21999 22040)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Tanzania	Galeopithecidae indet. (22464)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	Ethiopia	Galeopithecidae indet. (22156)