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Protoadapis curvicuspidens

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis curvicuspidens was named by Lemoine (1878).

It was recombined as Protoadapis curvicuspidens by Lemoine (1880).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Pronycticebus mancyi was named by Tattersall and Schwartz (1983). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Protoadapis curvicuspidens by Godinot (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Plesiadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine p. 12
1880Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine
1983Pronycticebus mancyi Tattersall and Schwartz

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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
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyAdapinaeTrouessart 1879
genusProtoadapisLemoine 1878
speciescurvicuspidens(Lemoine 1878)

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.

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Invalid names: Pronycticebus mancyi Tattersall and Schwartz 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:58:29
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:58:29
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available