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Afrotarsius
Taxonomy
Afrotarsius was named by Simons and Bown (1985). Its type is Afrotarsius chatrathi.
It was assigned to Tarsiidae by Simons and Bown (1985), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Afrotarsiidae by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Tarsiidae by Simons and Bown (1985), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Afrotarsiidae by Kay et al. (2004).
Species
A. chatrathi (type species), A. libycus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Afrotarsius Simons and Bown p. 476 |
| 1997 | Afrotarsius McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Afrotarsius Kay et al. p. 100 |
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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. †Afrotarsius Simons and Bown 1985
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†Afrotarsius chatrathi Simons and Bown 1985
†Afrotarsius libycus Jaeger et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | A. libycus (175361) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | A. chatrathi (12960) |