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Dillerlemur pagei

Osteichthyes - Primates - Paromomyidae

Taxonomy
Phenacolemur pagei was named by Jepsen (1930). Its type specimen is Princeton No. 13286, a mandible (right lower jaw with P4-M2 and alveoli of I, M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Dillerlemur.

It was recombined as Dillerlemur pagei by Robinson and Ivy (1994).

Synonyms
  • Parapheliscus bjorni was named by Van Valen (1967). Its type specimen is AMNH 22244, a tooth (Right P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Phenacolemur praecox by Delson (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Phenacolemur pagei by Rose (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Dillerlemur pagei by Robinson and Ivy (1994).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Phenacolemur pagei Jepsen p. 514
1967Parapheliscus bjorni Van Valen
1994Dillerlemur pagei Robinson and Ivy p. 103

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyParomomyidaeSimpson 1940
subfamilyPhenacolemurinaeSimpson 1955
tribePhenacolemuriniSimpson 1955
genusDillerlemur
speciespagei()

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.

†Dillerlemur pagei Jepsen 1930
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Invalid names: Parapheliscus bjorni Van Valen 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Cf1 or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Phenacolemur pagei (15048)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur pagei (type locality: 15049 15057 15058 15065 46653 190419 190439 190448 190462) Phenacolemur pagei, Ignacius sp. (26569)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur pagei (188220)
Cf157.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur pagei (46649)
Cf257.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur pagei (46651)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur pagei (15028 15072 15082 15085 15092 15099 15100 15119 15126 15139 15148 15156 15159 15179 15181 15183 15189 15191 15204 15209 190432 190455 190460) Phenacolemur pagei, Phenacolemur pagei (15089) Phenacolemur sp. (15216)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Montana) Parapheliscus bjorni, Phenacolemur pagei (15079)