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Notharctus robinsoni

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Notharctus robinsoni was named by Gingerich (1979). Its type specimen is UW 3007, a mandible (left mandible with P4M1-3, right mandibular fragment with P3, and isolated lower incisors and canine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Opal (UW 19-67), which is in a Bridgerian fluvial tuff in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich p. 158

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
genusNotharctus
speciesrobinsoni

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.

†Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich 1979
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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 55.80000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Notharctus robinsoni (15942)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Notharctus robinsoni (15837 16090 16091 16098 16100 16105 16107 16224 16254 16271 16273 16274 16301 16302 16305 16307 16309 16310 16312 16313 16314 16315 16319 16341 16348 16351 16397 16415 27269) Notharctus sp. (16355 16356 16357 16366 type locality: 16372 16384)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Notharctus nunienus (16240)