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Anchomomys (Fendantia) pygmaeus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Caenopithecus pygmaeus was named by Rütimeyer (1890). Its type specimen is BNM Ef 367, a tooth (right [upper] M1), 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 Anchomomys pygmaeus by Stehlin (1916) and Szalay (1974); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchomomys stehlini by Gingerich (1977); it was recombined as Periconodon pygmaeus by Gingerich (1977) and Szalay and Delson (1979); it was recombined as Fendantia pygmaeus by Schwartz and Tattersall (1983); it was recombined as Anchomomys (Fendantia) pygmaeus by Godinot (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. grisollensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Caenopithecus pygmaeus Rütimeyer
1916Anchomomys pygmaeus Stehlin p. 349
1974Anchomomys pygmaeus Szalay
1977Periconodon pygmaeus Gingerich
1979Periconodon pygmaeus Szalay and Delson
1983Fendantia pygmaeus Schwartz and Tattersall p. 349
1998Anchomomys (Fendantia) pygmaeus Godinot p. 225

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
tribeAnchomomyiniSzalay and Delson 1979
genusAnchomomysStehlin 1916
subgenusFendantia()
speciespygmaeus(Rütimeyer 1890)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 06:51:44
Modified: 2005-08-31 08:51:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Anchomomys pygmaeus (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Anchomomys pygmaeus (type locality: 31718)