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Carpodaptes hazelae

Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae

Taxonomy
Carpodaptes hazelae was named by Simpson (1936). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 33854, a mandible (right lower jaw with P4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyCarpolestidaeSimpson 1935
subfamilyCarpolestinaeRussell 1964
genusCarpodaptes
specieshazelae

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.

†Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ti1 or 66.00000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Carpodaptes cygneus (14962)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Carpodaptes hazelae (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Carpodaptes hazelae (14928 14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Carpodaptes hazelae (14937 type locality: 15064)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Carpodaptes cygneus (14973) Carpodaptes hazelae (14929 14930 14951 14953 14954 14959 14968)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Carpodaptes hazelae (14936 15017 15067)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Carpodaptes cygneus (14931)