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Pelycodus jarrovii

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus jarrovii was named by Cope (1874) [sometimes incorrectly given as 1877]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Pelycodus.

It was recombined as Tomitherium jarrovii by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Pelycodus jarrovii by Cope (1875), Osborn (1902), Hay (1902), Matthew (1915), Simpson (1951), Gazin (1958), Gingerich and Simons (1977), Gingerich and Haskin (1981), Gunnell (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Prototomus jarrovii Cope p. 14
1875Pelycodus jarrovii Cope p. 14
1877Tomitherium jarrovii Cope
1902Pelycodus jarrovii Hay p. 790
1902Pelycodus jarrovii Osborn p. 193 figs. Figure 21
1915Pelycodus jarrovii Matthew
1951Pelycodus jarrovii Simpson
1958Pelycodus jarrovii Gazin
1977Pelycodus jarrovii Gingerich and Simons p. 264
1981Pelycodus jarrovii Gingerich and Haskin
1998Pelycodus jarrovii Gunnell

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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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
genusPelycodus
speciesjarrovii(Cope 1874)

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.

†Pelycodus jarrovii Cope 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:58:29
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:58:29
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (New Mexico) Pelycodus jarrovii (15449) Pelycodus sp. (15448) Prototomus jarrovii (type locality: 15452)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) Pelycodus jarrovii (15280 15296 15650)