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Platychoerops daubrei

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis daubrei was named by Lemoine (1880). Its type specimen is MNHN Al-5156, a mandible (right mandible with I1, P3-4 and M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Platychoerops daubrei type locality, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial lignite in France.

It was recombined as Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens) daubrei by Lemoine (1887); it was recombined as Platychoerops daubrei by Simpson (1929), Russell et al. (1967), Gingerich (1976), Boyer et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Plesiadapis daubrei Lemoine p. 588
1887Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens) daubrei Lemoine p. 193
1922Plesiadapis daubrei Teilhard p. 59
1929Platychoerops daubrei Simpson p. 11
1967Platychoerops daubrei Russell et al. p. 28
1976Platychoerops daubrei Gingerich p. 45
2012Platychoerops daubrei Boyer et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPlatychoeropsCharlesworth 1855
speciesdaubrei(Lemoine 1880)

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.

†Platychoerops daubrei Lemoine 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Platychoerops daubrei (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Platychoerops daubrei (35533 35535 35537)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Champagne-Ardenne) Platychoerops daubrei (type locality: 87958)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Platychoerops daubrei (174239)