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Palaeopropithecidae
Taxonomy
Palaeopropithecidae was named by Tattersall (1973). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Karanth et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Indrioidea by Carroll (1988); and to Lemuroidea by Karanth et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Indrioidea by Carroll (1988); and to Lemuroidea by Karanth et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Palaeopropithecidae Tattersall |
| 1988 | Palaeopropithecidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Palaeopropithecidae Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
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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.
Fm. †Palaeopropithecidae Tattersall 1973
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G. †Mesopropithecus Standing 1905
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†Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion Simons et al. 1995
†Mesopropithecus pithecoides Standing 1905
G. †Palaeopropithecus Grandidier 1899
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†Palaeopropithecus ingens Grandidier 1899
†Palaeopropithecus maximus Grandidier 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Madagascar | Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion (201480) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Babakotia radofilai (205190 205193) |