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Loveina zephyri

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Loveina zephyri was named by Simpson (1940). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 32517, a mandible (left lower jaw with P3-M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Fork (Wind River), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Loveina.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Tetonius barbeyi Seton
1940Loveina zephyri Simpson
1976Loveina zephyri Szalay p. 291
2008Loveina zephyri Holroyd and Strait p. 246

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusLoveina
specieszephyri

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.

†Loveina zephyri Simpson 1940
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Invalid names: Tetonius barbeyi Seton 1940 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Loveina zephyri (16068 16073)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Chlororhysis knightensis (15479) Loveina zephyri (type locality: 15934 15942)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) Loveina zephyri (15650 15651)