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Choctawius mckennai

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Taxonomy
Navajovius mckennai was named by Szalay (1969). It is not extant. Its type locality is Almagre (Upper Largo), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Niptomomys mckennai by Bown (1979); it was recombined as Choctawius mckennai by Beard and Dawson (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Navajovius mckennai Szalay
1979Niptomomys mckennai Bown
1989Navajovius mckennai Gunnell
2009Choctawius mckennai Beard and Dawson

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyMicrosyopidaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
subfamilyUintasoricinaeSzalay 1969
genusChoctawius
speciesmckennai()

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.

Choctawius mckennai Szalay 1969
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Navajovius mckennai (type locality: 15449)