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Arcius fuscus

Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

Taxonomy
Phenacolemur fuscus was named by Russell et al. (1967). Its type specimen is MU 6507, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V6167, Mutigny quarry, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Lignites de Soissonais Formation of France.

It was recombined as Arcius fuscus by López-Torres and Silcox (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Phenacolemur fuscus Russell et al.
2018Arcius fuscus López-Torres and Silcox

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyParomomyidaeSimpson 1940
genusArciusGodinot 1984
speciesfuscus(Russell et al. 1967)

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.

†Arcius fuscus Russell et al. 1967
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Arcius fuscus (35535) Phenacolemur fuscus (35533)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne-Ardenne) Arcius fuscus (28546)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Hérault) Arcius fuscus (182645)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Phenacolemur fuscus (35538)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France Arcius fuscus (182640)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Arcius fuscus (179145)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Arcius fuscus (84997)