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Tetonius homunculus

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Anaptomorphus homunculus was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 4194, a skull (nearly complete skull with right P3-M3 and left C, P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tetonius homunculus by Matthew (1915), Gregory (1920), Gazin (1958), Bown (1974), Szalay (1976), Bown (1979), Gingerich (1980) and Bown and Rose (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Anaptomorphus homunculus Cope
1902Anaptomorphus homunculus Hay p. 787
1902Anaptomorphus homunculus Osborn p. 200
1915Tetonius homunculus Matthew
1920Tetonius homunculus Gregory
1958Tetonius homunculus Gazin
1974Tetonius homunculus Bown
1976Tetonius homunculus Szalay
1979Tetonius homunculus Bown
1980Tetonius homunculus Gingerich
1987Tetonius homunculus Bown and Rose p. 46

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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
subfamilyAnaptomorphinae(Cope 1883)
tribeTetoniina(Abel 1931)
genusTetonius
specieshomunculus(Cope 1882)

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.

†Tetonius homunculus Cope 1882
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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: 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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available