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Microchoerus wardi

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Microchoerus wardi was named by Hooker (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH M37162, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Creechbarrow Hill, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/marl in the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Microchoerus wardi Hooker p. 259 figs. Plate 6, figs 2-3; plate 7, fig. 23

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyMicrochoerinae(Lydekker 1887)
genusMicrochoerusWood 1844
specieswardi

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.

†Microchoerus wardi Hooker 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:59:57
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:59:57
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Microchoerus wardi (177582)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Microchoerus sp. (type locality: 39014)