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Donrussellia

Osteichthyes - Primates - Adapidae

Taxonomy
Donrussellia was named by Szalay (1976). Its type is Donrussellia gallica. It was considered unknown by Godinot (1978).

It was synonymized subjectively with Teilhardina by Savage et al. (1977).

It was assigned to Tarsiiformes by Szalay (1976); to Adapinae by Hooker (1986); to Cercamoniinae by Franzen (1994); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Adapidae by Godinot (1978), Estravís (2000).

Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Donrussellia Szalay p. 355
1978Donrussellia Godinot
1986Donrussellia Hooker p. 267
1994Donrussellia Franzen p. 115
1997Donrussellia McKenna and Bell
2000Donrussellia Estravís p. 291

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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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
genusDonrussellia

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. †Donrussellia Szalay 1976
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Donrussellia gallica Russell et al. 1967
Donrussellia lusitanica Estravís 2000
Donrussellia magna Godinot et al. 1987
Donrussellia provincialis Godinot 1978
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) D. lusitanica (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Corbieres) D. magna (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) D. provincialis (35538)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) D. magna (178050)