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Notopithecus adapinus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Notopithecus adapinus was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type specimen is MACN-A 10822, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Notopithecus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino p. 420
1901Adpithecus secans Ameghino p. 355
1902Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino p. 7–8
1902Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino p. 9
1904Epipithecus confluens Ameghino p. 3
1904Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino p. 6
1967Notopithecus adapinus Simpson
2010Notopithecus adapinus Reguero and Prevosti

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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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
—Notopithecidae()
genusNotopithecus
speciesadapinus

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.

†Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Adpithecus secans Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Epipithecus confluens Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Adpithecus secans, Antepithecus gradatus (176285) Notopithecus adapinus (176304 176491)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Notopithecus adapinus (50066)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Notopithecus adapinus (176164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Notopithecus adapinus (176494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Notopithecus adapinus (49900 49902 176175 176178 176181 176182 176185 176186 176190 176192) Notopithecus adapinus, Adpithecus secans, Adpithecus subtenuis (type locality: 13779) Notopithecus adapinus, Adpithecus secans, Infrapithecus diversus (176163) Notopithecus adapinus, Epipithecus confluens (176168)