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Taxonomy
Omomys was named by Leidy (1869). It is the type genus of Omomyiformes.
It was assigned to Insectivora by Leidy (1873); to Mixodectidae by Hay (1902); to Omomyinae by Wortman (1904); to Omomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyina by Szalay (1976); to Omomyini by Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Gunnell and Rose (2002); and to Omomyidae by Leidy (1869), McKenna and Bell (1997), Burger (2010).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Leidy (1873); to Mixodectidae by Hay (1902); to Omomyinae by Wortman (1904); to Omomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyina by Szalay (1976); to Omomyini by Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Gunnell and Rose (2002); and to Omomyidae by Leidy (1869), McKenna and Bell (1997), Burger (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Omomys Leidy p. 63 |
| 1872 | Euryacodon Marsh |
| 1873 | Omomys Leidy p. 336 |
| 1902 | Euryacodon Hay p. 741 |
| 1902 | Omomys Hay p. 788 |
| 1904 | Euryacodon Wortman p. 29 |
| 1904 | Omomys Wortman p. 29 |
| 1940 | Euryacodon Simpson p. 198 |
| 1940 | Omomys Simpson p. 198 |
| 1976 | Omomys Szalay p. 257 |
| 1997 | Omomys McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Omomys Gunnell and Rose p. 46 |
| 2002 | Omomys Muldoon and Gunnell p. 492 |
| 2010 | Omomys Burger p. 2 |
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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. †Omomys Leidy 1869
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†Omomys carteri Leidy 1869
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Invalid names: Hemiacodon nanus Marsh 1872 [synonym], Palaeacodon vagus Marsh 1872 [synonym]
†Omomys lloydi Gazin 1958
†Omomys pucillus Marsh 1872
Invalid names: Euryacodon Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Duchesnean or 54.90000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections (81 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | O. sp. (15455) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | O. carteri (16090 16091 16092 16096 16097 16098 16100 16105 16106 16107 16108 16109 16113 16114 16118 16120 16137 16203 16219 16227 16228 16232 16266 16270 16287 16305 16306 16309 16310 16313 16315 16320 16322 16324 16336 16344 16349 16366 16418 16431 16441 16461 16462 16465 16500 16503 16504 16647 128447 129895 226066) O. carteri, O. lloydi (15837) O. sp. (16209 16296 16501 16621) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | O. carteri, O. lloydi (16396) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | O. carteri (16240) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | O. carteri (16716 16718 16719 16733 16738 16745 16746 16748 16750 16751 16752) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Texas) | O. carteri (16528 16586 16650) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | O. carteri (16614) O. carteri, O. lloydi (16550) O. sp. (16542) | |
| Uintan | USA (Texas) | O. carteri (16587 16624 16652) | |
| Uintan | USA (Utah) | O. sp. (213066) | |
| Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | O. sp. (16846) |