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Parapithecinae
Taxonomy
Parapithecinae was named by Schlosser (1911) [Subfamily Parapithecinae attributed to Schlosser, 1911 because of change in rank (from Parapithecidae)]. It was considered monophyletic by Beard et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Parapithecinae by Beard et al. (2016) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Parapithecidae by Beard et al. (2016) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the subfamily Parapithecinae by Beard et al. (2016) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Parapithecidae by Beard et al. (2016) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Parapithecinae Beard et al. |
| 2021 | Parapithecinae Mattingly et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Parapithecinae Schlosser 1911
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G. †Simonsius Gingerich 1978
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†Simonsius grangeri Simons 1974
†Simonsius harujensis Mattingly et al. 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Libya (Sirt Basin) | Simonsius harujensis (166446) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt | Parapithecus fraasi (88348) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Parapithecidae indet. (12954) Parapithecus grangeri (12960) |