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Washakius

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Washakius was named by Leidy (1873). It is not extant. Its type is Washakius insignis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anaptomorphus by Cope (1877) and Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Insectivora by Leidy (1873); to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Anaptomorphinae by Wortman (1904); to Omomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by Gazin (1958) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Washakiini by Szalay (1976), Honey (1990), Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Gunnell and Rose (2002) and Holroyd and Strait (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Washakius Leidy
1877Washakius Schlosser p. 34
1904Washakius Wortman p. 208
1938Yumanius Stock
1940Washakius Simpson p. 198
1958Washakius Gazin
1976Washakius Szalay p. 296
1990Washakius Honey p. 211
1997Washakius McKenna and Bell
2002Washakius Gunnell and Rose p. 46
2002Washakius Muldoon and Gunnell p. 493
2008Washakius Holroyd and Strait p. 254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusWashakiusLeidy 1873

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. †Washakius Leidy 1873
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†Washakius insignis Leidy 1873
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Invalid names: Shoshonius laurae Simpson 1959 [synonym]
†Washakius izetti Honey 1990
†Washakius woodringi Stock 1938
Invalid names: Yumanius Stock 1938 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) W. insignis (15486)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Shoshonius cooperi (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Shoshonius laurae (16287) W. insignis (16090 16096 16098 16100 16107 16108 16109 16136 16137 16139 16201 16210 16219 16232 16244 16273 16284 16305 16313 16340 16345 16378 16393 16431 16432 16454 16457 16458 16461 16463 16465 16466 16467 16468 16469 16476 16477 16504) W. insignis, W. izetti (15837) W. laurae (16289) W. sp. (16204 16388 16438)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) W. sp. (16719) W. woodringi (16666 16673 16677 16684 16702 16705 16706 16707 16709 16710 16738 16745 16746 16747 16751 16752)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) W. sp. (16616)