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Protoadapis

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Taxonomy
Protoadapis was named by Lemoine (1878). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Notharctinae by Simpson (1940); to Adapinae by Gingerich (1975) and Hooker (1986); to Cercamoniinae by Franzen (1994); to Adapidae by Stehlin (1912), Stehlin (1916), Gingerich (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Sivaladapidae by Ni et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Protoadapis Lemoine
1878Plesiadapis crassicuspidens Lemoine p. 13
1880Protoadapis crassicuspidens Lemoine
1912Protadapis Stehlin p. 1286
1916Protadapis Stehlin p. 1545
1940Protoadapis Simpson p. 202
1975Protoadapis Gingerich p. 168
1980Protoadapis Gingerich p. 137
1986Protoadapis Hooker p. 267
1994Protoadapis Franzen p. 116
1997Protoadapis McKenna and Bell
2016Protoadapis Ni 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyAdapinaeTrouessart 1879
genusProtoadapisLemoine 1878

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. †Protoadapis Lemoine 1878
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Protoadapis angustidens Filhol 1888
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Invalid names: Pronycticebus mancyi Tattersall and Schwartz 1983 [synonym]
Protoadapis filholi Gingerich 1977
Invalid names: Protoadapis crassicuspidens Lemoine 1878 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:58:29
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:58:29
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Alsace Region) P. klatti (31609)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. klatti (13322 45002) P. weigelti, Protadapis klatti (45001)