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Cantius

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy

Cantius was named by Simons (1962). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pelycodus by Robinson (1968) and Gingerich and Simons (1977).

It was assigned to Cercamoniinae by Franzen (1994); to Adapidae by Simons (1962), Gingerich and Haskin (1981) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Notharctidae by Rose et al. (2012).

Species

C. abditus, C. actius, C. angulatus (syn. Smilodectes gingerichi), C. eppsi, C. frugivorus (syn. Copelemur feretutus), C. mckennai, C. nunienus (syn. Copelemur consortutus, Notharctus limosus), C. ralstoni, C. savagei, C. simonsi, C. torresi, C. trigonodus

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. epppsi

Synonyms

Hesperolemur was named by Gunnell (1995). It is not extant. Its type is Hesperolemur actius.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cantius by Rose et al. (1999).

It was assigned to Adapidae by Gunnell (1995) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1962	Cantius Simons
1981	Cantius Gingerich and Haskin
1994	Cantius Franzen p. 115
1995	Hesperolemur Gunnell
1997	Cantius McKenna and Bell
1997	Hesperolemur McKenna and Bell
2012	Cantius Rose 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	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
suborder	Strepsirrhini	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorder	Adapiformes	Hoffstetter 1977
superfamily	Adapoidea	Trouessart 1879
family	Notharctidae	Trouessart 1879
genus	Cantius	Simons 1962

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.

G. †Cantius Simons 1962

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†Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977

†Cantius actius Gunnell 1995

†Cantius angulatus Cope 1875

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Invalid names: Smilodectes gingerichi Beard 1988 [synonym]

†Cantius eppsi Cooper 1932

†Cantius frugivorus Cope 1875

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Invalid names: Copelemur feretutus Gingerich and Simons 1977 [synonym]

†Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977

†Cantius nunienus Cope 1881

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Invalid names: Copelemur consortutus Gingerich and Simons 1977 [synonym], Notharctus limosus Gazin 1952 [synonym]

†Cantius ralstoni Matthew 1915

†Cantius savagei Gingerich 1977

†Cantius simonsi Gunnell 2002

†Cantius torresi Gingerich 1986

†Cantius trigonodus Matthew 1915

Invalid names: Hesperolemur Gunnell 1995 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

omnivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 13:27:51

Modified:

2005-08-26 15:27:51

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

References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (394 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene	59.2 - 48.6	France (Marne)	C. eppsi (133367)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Oise)	C. sp. (68174)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Marne)	C. savagei (35533 35535)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Île-de-France)	C. epppsi (68437)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	United Kingdom (England)	Protoadapis eppsi (38868)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	United Kingdom	C. eppsi (87950)
Graybullian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	C. abditus (15701) Pelycodus mckennai (15878) Pelycodus ralstoni (15875)
Lostcabinian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	Notharctus nunienus (15917 15930)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Colorado)	C. abditus (15225 15280 15289 15319 15361 15374 15375 15377 15381 15384 15385 15389) C. abditus, C. frugivorus (15282 15293 15392) C. abditus, C. trigonodus (15274 15290) C. frugivorus (15294 15297 15305 15314 15325 15338 15341 15406 15409 15410 15418 15419) C. mckennai (15222 15273 15350 15353 15354) C. ralstoni (15429) C. sp. (15428) C. trigonodus (15221 15264 15277 15288 15310) Pelycodus mckennai (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15855 15862 15864 15865 15868 15870 15887)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (North Dakota)	Pelycodus ralstoni (15895)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (New Mexico)	C. angulatus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15663) C. frugivorus (15433 15443) Pelycodus angulatus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15430) Smilodectes gingerichi (15432)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	C. abditus (15552 15573 15576 15578 15687 15688 15689 15692 15694 15703 15707 46682 46683 46692 46695 46696 46701 46702 46704 46707 46709 46711 46714 46718 46728 46729 46734 46735 46736 46740 46742 46745 46746 46748 46752 46754 46755 46763 46765 46766 46767 46810 46811 46820 46825 46826 46846 46847 46849 46851) C. abditus, C. frugivorus (46699 46712) C. abditus, C. trigonodus (15526 15577) C. abditus, Copelemur feretutus (46700 46706) C. frugivorus (15841 186931 186932 186934 186935 186939 186946 186950 186951) C. mckennai (15471 15477 15478 15525 15586 15588 15592 15593 15594 15673 15682 15683 15699 15727 15884 16037 46636 46639 46642 46643 46644 46645 46648 46656 46665 46668 46669 46670 46672 46673 46674 46680 46685 46687 46688 46690 46691 46693 46697 46721 46724 46727 46768 46769 46770 46772 46773 46774 46777 46780 46781 46782 46783 46784 46785 46787 46788 46789 46790 46791 46792 46794 46795 46796 46797 46798 46799 46800 46801 46803 46804 46805 46806 46807 46808 46809 46812 46813 46814 46815 46818 46819 46821 46828 46830 46831 46834 46838 46841 46844 46852 118482) C. mckennai, C. ralstoni (46822) C. mckennai, C. trigonodus (15468 46759) C. nunienus (27268) C. ralstoni (15587 15589 15590 15788 16043 16044 46637 46640 46652 46657 46659 46662 46726 46823) C. simonsi (88210) C. sp. (15493 15504 15515 15933 15934) C. sp., C. frugivorus (15454) C. sp., Pelycodus abditus (15553) C. torresi (15759 15760 16035) C. trigonodus (15695 15696 15697 15702 15704 15705 46717 46720 46730 46731 46732 46733 46739 46749 46753 46756 46757 46758 46760 46761 46762 46843 46845) Copelemur feretutus, Pelycodus jarrovii (15964) Notharctus limosus (15479 15662 15724) Notharctus nunienus (15456 15486 15665 15667 15670 15710 15839 15842 15848 15849 15852 16074) Pelycodus abditus (15542 15543 15544 15546 15547 15548 15549 15550 15556 15560 15563) Pelycodus abditus, Copelemur consortutus (15554 15555 15557 15558) Pelycodus abditus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15551) Pelycodus frugivorus (15565) Pelycodus jarrovii (15564 15566 15567 15596) Pelycodus mckennai (15744 15765 15770 15779 15786 15790 15912 15932 16016 16017 16018 16021 16024 16027 16029 16032 16055) Pelycodus ralstoni (15491 15729 15738 15739 15749 15793) Pelycodus sp. (15495 15503 15505 15507 15509 15510 15511 15512 15513 15514 15516 15517 15518 15520 15521 15522 15523 15524 15531 15532 15534 15538 15657) Pelycodus sp., Pelycodus abditus (15536 15541) Pelycodus trigonodus (15455 15656 15717 15721 15723 15768 15889 87906)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	USA (Wyoming)	C. abditus (15684 15685 15690 15691 15700) C. abditus, Copelemur feretutus (15680) C. sp. (15679) C. torresi (154262 154271 154277 154282) C. trigonodus (15681)
MP 10	55.8 - 48.6	Spain (Catalonia)	C. sp. (182236)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian	55.8 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Notharctus nunienus (15669)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	C. nunienus (15837) Notharctus nunienus (16207 16394)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Hesperolemur actius (16705 16747 16750)