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Colugodontiformes (colugo)
Taxonomy
Colugodontiformes was named by Beard (1993). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Beard (1993).
It was assigned to Eudermoptera by Beard (1993).
It was assigned to Eudermoptera by Beard (1993).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Colugodontiformes Beard |
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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.
Infraor. Colugodontiformes Beard 1993 [colugo]
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Fm. Galeopithecidae Gray 1821
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Invalid names: Colugidae Miller 1906 [synonym], Cynocephalidae Simpson 1945 [synonym], Galeopithecina Bonaparte 1850 [empty], Galeopteridae Thomas 1908 [synonym], Pleuropteridae Burnett 1829 [synonym], Pterocebineae Lesson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Kenya | Galeopithecidae indet. (22077) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Galeopithecidae indet. (22174) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Galeopithecidae indet. (22660) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Galeopithecidae indet. (21999 22040) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Galeopithecidae indet. (22464) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Galeopithecidae indet. (22156) |