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Zanycteris paleocenus

Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae

Taxonomy
Zanycteris paleocenus was named by Matthew (1917). Its type specimen is AMNH 17180, a partial skull (incomplete, crushed skull containing right C, M1-3, left M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado. It is the type species of Zanycteris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew
1930Zanycteris paleocenus Hay p. 456
2005Zanycteris paleocenus Scott and Fox

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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
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPicrodontidae
genusZanycterisMatthew 1917
speciespaleocenusMatthew 1917

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.

†Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
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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: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Zanycteris paleocenus (14992)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Zanycteris paleocenus (type locality: 14967)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Zanycteris sp. (15034)