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Teilhardina brandti

Osteichthyes - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Teilhardina brandti was named by Gingerich (1993). Its type specimen is UM 99031, a tooth (right [lower] M2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SC-351, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Baataromomys brandti by Ni et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. mathewi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Teilhardina brandti Gingerich
2007Baataromomys brandti Ni et al. p. 9
2011Teilhardina brandti Rose et al.
2012Teilhardina brandti Rose et al.
2019Teilhardina brandti Morse et al. p. 109

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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)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
genusTeilhardina
speciesbrandti

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.

†Teilhardina brandti Gingerich 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. E. Morse et al. 2019Largest species of Teilhardina, with molar
areas approximately the size of those in Bownomomys. Further differs from all other species of Teilhardina in having the largest P1 alveolar size relative to the crown area of M1, in having a more buccal hypoconulid on M1-2, and in having a fully closed talonid basin on M1-3.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2014-01-30 12:52:44
Modified: 2014-01-30 12:52:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Rose et al. 2012, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Teilhardina brandti (type locality: 15834)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Teilhardina brandti (154254 154255 154257 154262 154270 154271 154283 226070)