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Elwynella oreas

Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

Taxonomy
Elwynella oreas was named by Rose and Bown (1982). Its type specimen is USGS 2351, a mandible (right dentary with incisor, M1-2, and alveoli for P3-4 and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vass Quarry, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Aycross Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Elwynella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Elwynella oreas Rose and Bown
1994Elwynella aureus Robinson and Ivy p. 92

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

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.

†Elwynella oreas Rose and Bown 1982
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Bridgerian or 54.90000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Elwynella oreas (16005)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Phenacolemur sp. (type locality: 16499)