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Tupaia miocenica

Mammalia - Scandentia - Tupaiidae

Taxonomy
Tupaia miocenica was named by Mein and Ginsburg (1997). Its type specimen is T Li 175, a tooth (M2/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Li Mae Long, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial horizon in Thailand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tupaia miocenica Mein and Ginsburg p. 804 figs. Fig. 13B

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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
—Sundatheria
orderScandentiaWagner 1855
familyTupaiidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTupaiinaeGray 1825
genusTupaiaRaffles 1821
speciesmiocenica

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.

†Tupaia miocenica Mein and Ginsburg 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:42:42
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Thailand Tupaia miocenica (type locality: 48126)