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Necrolemur zitteli

Osteichthyes - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Necrolemur zitteli was named by Schlosser (1887). Its type specimen is Munich No. 1879 XV 4, a mandible (Dentary with P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Entered
by A. Wisniewski (authorized by G. Slater) on 2019-04-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Necrolemur zitteli Schlosser

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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
—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)
genusNecrolemurFilhol 1873
specieszitteliSchlosser 1887

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.

†Necrolemur zitteli Schlosser 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-31 06:49:45
Modified: 2005-08-31 08:50:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Necrolemur zitteli (31718 31719 31720)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrolemur zitteli (12840)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Necrolemur zitteli (12847)