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Donrussellia magna

Osteichthyes - Primates - Adapidae

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Authorship attributed to Godinot (not Godinot et al.).

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Taxonomy
Donrussellia magna was named by Godinot et al. (1987) [Authorship attributed to Godinot]. Its type specimen is PAT 17, a mandible (left dentary preserving p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palette, which is in a Ypresian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Donrussellia magna Godinot et al. p. 275 figs. 1 & plate 1, figure e

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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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
genusDonrussellia
speciesmagna

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.

Donrussellia magna Godinot et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Corbieres) Donrussellia magna (92838)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Donrussellia magna (type locality: 178050)