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Propliopithecus haeckeli

Osteichthyes - Primates - Propliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Propliopithecus haeckeli was named by Schlosser (1911). Its type specimen is SMN 12638, a mandible (left and right mandibles), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Stuttgart Fayum collection, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Propliopithecus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Moeripithecus markgrafi Schlosser
1911Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser
1965Propliopithecus haeckeli Simons p. 139
1978Propliopithecus haeckeli Gingerich p. 90

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
familyPropliopithecidaeStraus 1961
genusPropliopithecusSchlosser 1911
specieshaeckeliSchlosser 1911

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.

†Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser 1911
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Invalid names: Moeripithecus markgrafi Schlosser 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Moeripithecus markgrafi (162464)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Egypt Propliopithecus haeckeli (71943) Propliopithecus haeckeli, Moeripithecus markgrafi (type locality: 88348)