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Pronycticebus

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Pronycticebus was named by Grandidier (1904). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Adapinae by Simpson (1940), Hooker (1986); to Cercamoniinae by Franzen (1994); to Adapidae by Szalay (1971), Gingerich (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pronycticebinae by Godinot (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Pronycticebus Grandidier
1940Pronycticebus Simpson p. 202
1971Pronycticebus Szalay p. 1
1980Pronycticebus Gingerich p. 137
1986Pronycticebus Hooker p. 267
1994Pronycticebus Franzen p. 116
1997Pronycticebus McKenna and Bell
1998Pronycticebus Godinot p. 235

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
subfamilyPronycticebinae
genusPronycticebusGrandidier 1904

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. †Pronycticebus Grandidier 1904
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†Pronycticebus gaudryi Grandidier 1904
†Pronycticebus neglectus Thalmann et al. 1989
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the MP 11 or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 10 - MP 1156.0 - 41.03France P. gaudryi (183396)