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Biretia
Taxonomy
Biretia was named by de Bonis et al. (1988). Its type is Biretia piveteaui.
It was assigned to Parapithecoidea by de Bonis et al. (1988); to Anthropoidea by Gunnell and Miller (2001); to Parapithecoidea by Seiffert et al. (2005); and to Parapithecidae by Jaeger et al. (2010) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Parapithecoidea by de Bonis et al. (1988); to Anthropoidea by Gunnell and Miller (2001); to Parapithecoidea by Seiffert et al. (2005); and to Parapithecidae by Jaeger et al. (2010) and Mattingly et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1988 | Biretia de Bonis et al. |
2001 | Biretia Gunnell and Miller p. 189 |
2005 | Biretia Seiffert et al. p. 303 |
2010 | Biretia Jaeger et al. |
2021 | Biretia Mattingly et al. |
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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.
G. †Biretia de Bonis et al. 1988
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†Biretia fayumensis Seiffert et al. 2005
†Biretia megalopsis Seiffert et al. 2005
†Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al. 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 |
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | B. piveteaui (175361) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Algeria | B. piveteaui (59733) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | B. fayumensis, B. megalopsis (67706) |