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Periconodon huerzeleri

Osteichthyes - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Periconodon huerzeleri was named by Gingerich (1977). Its type specimen is BNM Bchs 495, a mandible (right dentary that preserves the last premolar and three molars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bouxwiller, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial marl in France.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Tattersall and Schwartz (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. roselli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Periconodon huerzeleri Gingerich
1998Periconodon huerzeleri Godinot p. 225

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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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyCercamoniinae
genusPericonodonStehlin 1916
specieshuerzeleriGingerich 1977

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.

†Periconodon huerzeleri Gingerich 1977
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Alsace Region) Periconodon huerzeleri (type locality: 31609)