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Cantius angulatus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus angulatus was named by Cope (1875). 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 angulatum by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Chriacus angulatus by Cope (1883), Scott (1892), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cynodontomys angulatus by Osborn (1902), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1915); it was considered a nomen vanum by Gingerich and Simons (1977); it was recombined as Cantius angulatus by Beard (1988), Godinot (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. epppsi

Synonyms
  • Smilodectes gingerichi was named by Beard (1988). Its type specimen is CM 37451, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment preserving P3-M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Almagre (CM 941), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cantius angulatus by Gunnell (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pelycodus angulatus Cope p. 14
1877Tomitherium angulatum Cope
1883Chriacus angulatus Cope
1884Pelycodus angulatus Cope
1892Chriacus angulatus Scott p. 296
1902Chriacus angulatus Hay p. 744
1902Cynodontomys angulatus Osborn
1906Pelycodus angulatus Loomis
1930Cynodontomys angulatus Hay p. 449
1937Cynodontomys angulatus Matthew
1988Cantius angulatus Beard
1988Smilodectes gingerichi Beard p. 458
1998Cantius angulatus Godinot

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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
speciesangulatus()

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 angulatus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Smilodectes gingerichi Beard 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available