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Carpolestidae
Taxonomy
Carpolestidae was named by Simpson (1935). It is not extant. Its type is Carpolestinae. It was considered monophyletic by Beard (1993).
It was assigned to Primates by Simpson (1936), Simpson (1937), Simpson (1940); to Plesiadapiformes by Beard (1993), Thewissen et al. (2001); and to Plesiadapoidea by Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1989), Bloch et al. (2007), Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Primates by Simpson (1936), Simpson (1937), Simpson (1940); to Plesiadapiformes by Beard (1993), Thewissen et al. (2001); and to Plesiadapoidea by Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1989), Bloch et al. (2007), Silcox et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Carpolestidae Simpson |
| 1936 | Carpolestidae Simpson p. 21 |
| 1937 | Carpolestidae Simpson p. 161 |
| 1940 | Carpolestidae Simpson p. 204 |
| 1988 | Carpolestidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Carpolestidae Gunnell p. 147 |
| 1993 | Carpolestidae Beard |
| 2001 | Carpolestidae Thewissen et al. p. 349 |
| 2007 | Carpolestidae Bloch et al. p. 1162 |
| 2010 | Carpolestidae Silcox 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.
Fm. †Carpolestidae Simpson 1935
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Subfm. †Carpolestinae Russell 1964
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G. †Carpocristes Beard and Wang 1995
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†Carpocristes oriens Beard and Wang 1995
†Carpocristes rosei Beard 2000
G. †Carpodaptes Matthew and Granger 1921
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†Carpodaptes aulacodon Matthew and Granger 1921
†Carpodaptes cygneus Russell 1967
†Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
†Carpodaptes hobackensis Dorr 1952
†Carpodaptes jepseni Rose 1975
†Carpodaptes stonleyi Fox 2002
Invalid names: Carpomegodon Bloch et al. 2001 [synonym]
G. †Carpolestes Simpson 1928
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†Carpolestes dubius Jepsen 1930
†Carpolestes nigridens Simpson 1928
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Invalid names: Carpolestes aquilae Simpson 1929 [synonym], Litotherium complicatum Simpson 1929 [synonym]
†Carpolestes simpsoni Bloch and Gingerich 1998
†Carpolestes twelvemilensis Mattingly et al. 2017
Invalid names: Litotherium Simpson 1929 [synonym]
G. †Elphidotarsius Gidley 1923
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†Elphidotarsius florencae Gidley 1923
†Elphidotarsius russelli Krause 1978
†Elphidotarsius shotgunensis Gazin 1971
†Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984
Invalid names: Chronolestinae Beard and Wang 1995 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available