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Shoshonius

Osteichthyes - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Shoshonius was named by Granger (1910). Its type is Shoshonius cooperi.

It was assigned to Anaptomorphidae by Granger (1910); to Omomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Washakiini by Szalay (1976), Honey (1990), Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Gunnell and Rose (2002), Holroyd and Strait (2008).

Species
S. bowni, S. cooperi (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Shoshonius Granger p. 248 fig. 4
1940Shoshonius Simpson p. 198
1976Shoshonius Szalay p. 292
1990Shoshonius Honey p. 208
1997Shoshonius McKenna and Bell
2002Shoshonius Gunnell and Rose p. 46
2002Shoshonius Muldoon and Gunnell p. 504
2008Shoshonius Holroyd and Strait p. 254

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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
subfamilyOmomyinaeTrouessart 1879
tribeWashakiini
genusShoshonius

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. †Shoshonius Granger 1910
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†Shoshonius bowni Honey 1990
†Shoshonius cooperi Granger 1910
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Bridgerian or 56.00000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) S. cooperi (15915 15917 15930 16078)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) S. cooperi (15902 15942)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) S. cooperi (16207 16415 16499)