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Periconodon helveticus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus helveticus was named by Rütimeyer (1891). Its type specimen is BNM Ef 366, a maxilla (partial left maxilla containing M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Periconodon helveticus by Stehlin (1916), Tattersall and Schwartz (1983), Schwartz and Tattersall (1983), Godinot (1998) and Franzen (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Pelycodus helveticus Rütimeyer
1916Periconodon helveticus Stehlin
1983Periconodon helveticus Schwartz and Tattersall p. 345
1983Periconodon helveticus Tattersall and Schwartz p. 230
1998Periconodon helveticus Godinot p. 225
2004Periconodon helveticus Franzen p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
specieshelveticus(Rütimeyer 1891)

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 helveticus Rütimeyer 1891
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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: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Periconodon helveticus (type locality: 31718)