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Zanycteris

Osteichthyes - Primates - Picrodontidae

Taxonomy
Zanycteris was named by Matthew (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Zanycteris paleocenus.

It was assigned to Phyllostomidae by Hay (1930); and to Picrodontidae by Matthew (1917), Gunnell (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997), Scott and Fox (2005), Burger (2013).

Species
Z. honeyi, Z. paleocenus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Zanycteris Matthew
1930Zanycteris Hay p. 456
1989Zanycteris Gunnell p. 147
1997Zanycteris McKenna and Bell
2005Zanycteris Scott and Fox
2013Zanycteris Burger

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPicrodontidae
genusZanycterisMatthew 1917

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.

G. †Zanycteris Matthew 1917
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†Zanycteris honeyi Burger 2013
†Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.40000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Texas) Z. sp. (14956)
Ti360.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Z. paleocenus (14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Z. sp. (15034)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Colorado) Z. honeyi (174227) Z. paleocenus (14967)