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Apidium phiomense

Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae

Taxonomy
Apidium phiomense was named by Osborn (1908). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 13370, a mandible (partial mandible with P4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northwest of Quarry A, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Apidium phiomense Osborn
1960Apidium phiomense Simons p. 825
1973Apidium phiomense Gingerich p. 1

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderParapithecoidea(Schlosser 1911)
familyParapithecidaeSchlosser 1911
subfamilyQatraniinae
genusApidium
speciesphiomenseOsborn 1908

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.

†Apidium phiomense Osborn 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available