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Microsyops latidens

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Taxonomy
Cynodontomys latidens was named by Cope (1882) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH No. 4195, a mandible (fragmentary lower jaw with left P4 and right M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cynodontomys.

It was recombined as Microsyops latidens by Szalay (1969), Gunnell (1985) and Gunnell (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Cynodontomys latidens Cope p. 151
1902Cynodontomys latidens Hay p. 788
1902Cynodontomys latidens Osborn pp. 208 - 209 figs. Figure 35
1906Notharctus cingulatus Loomis
1906Notharctus palmidens Loomis
1930Cynodontomys latidens Hay p. 449
1969Microsyops latidens Szalay
1976Cynodontomys latidens Gazin
1985Microsyops latidens Gunnell
1989Microsyops latidens Gunnell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyMicrosyopidaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
subfamilyMicrosyopinaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
genusMicrosyopsLeidy 1872
specieslatidens()

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.

†Microsyops latidens Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Notharctus cingulatus Loomis 1906 [synonym], Notharctus palmidens Loomis 1906 [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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lysitean to the top of the Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lysitean55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Cynodontomys knightensis (15654)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cynodontomys latidens (15842 15964) Microsyops latidens (15552 15559 15575 15576 15578 15687 15717 15937 46692 46699 46700 46701 46706 46711 46714 46746 46810 46811 46847 46849 46851 186937 186944 186945)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Cynodontomys knightensis (15652) Microsyops latidens (15224 15225 15226 15293 15366 15371 15377 15388 15390)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Microsyops latidens (15663)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Microsyops latidens (15680 15684 15685 15690 15691)