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Karanisia arenula

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy

Karanisia arenula was named by Jaeger et al. (2010). Its type specimen is DT1-42, a tooth (left m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dor el Talha Idam, which is in a Bartonian/Eocene marine siltstone/sandstone in the Idam Unit Formation of Libya.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2010	Karanisia arenula Jaeger et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
suborder	Strepsirrhini	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
genus	Karanisia
species	arenula

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.

†Karanisia arenula Jaeger et al. 2010

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

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	48.07 - 33.9	Libya (Sirt)	Karanisia arenula (175361)