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Copelemur praetutus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus praetutus was named by Gazin (1962). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No. 22262, a mandible (right ramus of mandible with P3 (incomplete)-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bitter Creek, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Copelemur praetutus by Gingerich and Simons (1977), Beard (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pelycodus praetutus Gazin p. 28
1977Copelemur praetutus Gingerich and Simons p. 267
1988Copelemur praetutus Beard

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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
subfamilyNotharctinaeTrouessart 1879
genusCopelemur
speciespraetutus()

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.

†Copelemur praetutus Gazin 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available