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Chiromyoides potior

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Chiromyoides potior was named by Gingerich (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 10639, a tooth (left upper central incisor), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carracas Station, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Chiromyoides potior Gingerich p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusChiromyoidesStehlin 1916
speciespotior

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.

†Chiromyoides potior Gingerich 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available