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Chasselasia eldredgei

Osteichthyes - Primates

Taxonomy
Chasselasia eldredgei was named by Schwartz and Tattersall (1982). Its type specimen is Eh.751, a mandible (Fragment of right mandible with m1-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egerkingen, gamma fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland. It is the type species of Chasselasia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Chasselasia eldredgei Schwartz and Tattersall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
genusChasselasiaSchwartz and Tattersall 1982
specieseldredgeiSchwartz and Tattersall 1982

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.

Chasselasia eldredgei Schwartz and Tattersall 1982
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Chasselasia eldredgei (type locality: 31719)