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Washakius woodringi

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Yumanius woodringi was named by Stock (1938). Its type specimen is Calif. Inst. Tech. Vert. Pale. Coll. No. 2233, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with M1 and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Diego Mission (CIT 249-S), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Friars Formation of California. It is the type species of Yumanius.

It was recombined as Washakius woodringi by Gazin (1958), Szalay (1976) and Honey (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Yumanius woodringi Stock p. 288
1958Washakius woodringi Gazin
1976Washakius woodringi Szalay
1990Washakius woodringi Honey p. 211

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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
subfamilyOmomyinaeTrouessart 1879
tribeWashakiini
genusWashakiusLeidy 1873
specieswoodringi()

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.

†Washakius woodringi Stock 1938
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Washakius woodringi (type locality: 16666 16673 16677 16684 16702 16705 16706 16707 16709 16710 16738 16745 16746 16747 16751 16752)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) Washakius sp. (16616)