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Cantius frugivorus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus frugivorus was named by Cope (1875) [unnumbered mandible since lost]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Almagre Arroyo (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Tomitherium frugivorum by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Cantius frugivorus by Beard (1988), Godinot (1998), Gunnell (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. epppsi

Synonyms
  • Copelemur feretutus was named by Gingerich and Simons (1977). Its type specimen is ACM 4326, a tooth (isolated right [lower] M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lysite, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cantius frugivorus by Godinot (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pelycodus frugivorus Cope p. 14
1877Tomitherium frugivorum Cope
1885Pelycodus frugivorus Cope
1902Pelycodus frugivorus Hay p. 789
1902Pelycodus frugivorus Osborn pp. 193 - 194
1906Pelycodus frugivorus Loomis
1915Pelycodus frugivorus Matthew
1977Pelycodus frugivorus Gingerich and Simons p. 262
1977Copelemur feretutus Gingerich and Simons p. 268
1988Cantius frugivorus Beard
1998Cantius frugivorus Godinot
2002Cantius frugivorus 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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
genusCantiusSimons 1962
speciesfrugivorus()

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.

†Cantius frugivorus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Copelemur feretutus Gingerich and Simons 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available