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Plesiadapis fodinatus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis fodinatus was named by Jepsen (1930). Its type specimen is Princeton No. 13278, a mandible (right lower jaw with I-M2), 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.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen p. 515
1952Plesiadapis farisi Dorr
1975Plesiadapis fodinatus Gingerich p. 141

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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
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPlesiadapisGervais 1877
speciesfodinatus

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.

†Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen 1930
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Invalid names: Plesiadapis farisi Dorr 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis fodinatus (14944 14974 14979 14997 15007 15032 type locality: 15049 15057 15059 15065 53059 85096 190410 190421 190423 190429 190437 190438 190444 190448 190469 190473 190475 190488 190490)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) Plesiadapis fodinatus (15000)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Colorado) Plesiadapis fodinatus (174227)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis fodinatus (15018)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis fodinatus (15028)