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Walshina mcgrewi

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Phenacolemur mcgrewi was named by Robinson (1968). Its type specimen is CM 15635, a tooth (isolated [upper] M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Badwater Locality 5 Front, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Phenacolemur (Ignacius) mcgrewi by Robinson (1968); it was recombined as Ignacius mcgrewi by Bown and Rose (1976); it was recombined as Walshina mcgrewi by López-Torres et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Phenacolemur (Ignacius) mcgrewi Robinson p. 324
1968Phenacolemur mcgrewi Robinson p. 324
1976Ignacius mcgrewi Bown and Rose
1978Phenacolemur mcgrewi Krishtalka
2018Walshina mcgrewi López-Torres et al.

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyAnaptomorphinae(Cope 1883)
tribeTrogolemurini
genusWalshina
speciesmcgrewi()

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.

†Walshina mcgrewi Robinson 1968
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Duchesnean or 50.30000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur mcgrewi (16227)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Walshina mcgrewi (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur mcgrewi (16514 type locality: 16515 16517)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) Ignacius mcgrewi (16826)