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Microchoerus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Microchoerus was named by Wood (1844).

It was assigned to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Necrolemurinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Microchoeridae by Hooker (1986), Gunnell and Rose (2002); and to Microchoerinae by Minwer-Barakat et al. (2016).

Species
M. creechbarrowensis, M. erinaceus, M. hookeri, M. ornatus, M. wardi
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2018-08-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Microchoerus Wood
1877Microchoerus Schlosser p. 32
1940Microchoerus Simpson p. 198
1986Microchoerus Hooker p. 213
1997Microchoerus McKenna and Bell
2002Microchoerus Gunnell and Rose p. 46
2016Microchoerus Minwer-Barakat et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyMicrochoerinae(Lydekker 1887)
genusMicrochoerusWood 1844

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. †Microchoerus Wood 1844
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†Microchoerus hookeri Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017
†Microchoerus ornatus Stehlin 1916
†Microchoerus wardi Hooker 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:59:57
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:59:57
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MP 21 or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) M. wardi (177582)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland M. hookeri (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) M. erinaceus (12847)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) M. erinaceus (39299 39662 40029 40030) M. sp. (41652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) M. erinaceus (12850)
MP 1837.71 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) M. erinaceus (38817)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) M. ornatus, Necrolemur sp. (31752)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) M. erinaceus (12849)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) M. erinaceus (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) M. erinaceus (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) M. erinaceus (31756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. erinaceus (31724 31757 31758 31760)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) M. erinaceus (39643)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) M. erinaceus (31746)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) M. erinaceus (31759)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland M. ornatus (31743)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Spain (Teruel) M. sp. (79737)