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Taxonomy
Altanius was named by Dashzeveg and McKenna (1977). Its type is Altanius orlovi.
It was assigned to Anaptomorphinae by Dashzeveg and McKenna (1977); to Plesiadapiformes by Rose and Krause (1984); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001) and Hooker (2007); and to Euprimates by Tabuce et al. (2004), Bloch et al. (2007) and Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Anaptomorphinae by Dashzeveg and McKenna (1977); to Plesiadapiformes by Rose and Krause (1984); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001) and Hooker (2007); and to Euprimates by Tabuce et al. (2004), Bloch et al. (2007) and Silcox et al. (2010).
Species
A. orlovi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Altanius Dashzeveg and McKenna |
| 1984 | Altanius Rose and Krause p. 721 |
| 1997 | Altanius McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Altanius Gunnell and Miller p. 189 |
| 2004 | Altanius Tabuce et al. p. 315 |
| 2007 | Altanius Bloch et al. p. 1162 |
| 2007 | Altanius Hooker p. 750 |
| 2010 | Altanius Silcox et al. |
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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. †Altanius Dashzeveg and McKenna 1977
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†Altanius orlovi Dashzeveg and McKenna 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||