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Europolemur koenigswaldi

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Europolemur koenigswaldi was named by Franzen (1987). Its type specimen is SMF ME 1228 A-E, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, F, a partial skeleton (skull and part of postcrania), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel SMF 21/1982, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine - large shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Europolemur koenigswaldi Franzen pp. 155-166 figs. fig 4-11, pl. 1-3
1998Europolemur koenigswaldi Godinot p. 234
2004Europolemur koenigswaldi Franzen p. 215

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyCercamoniinae
genusEuropolemurWeigelt 1933
specieskoenigswaldi

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.

†Europolemur koenigswaldi Franzen 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. L. Franzen 1987Species of genus Europolemur WEIGELT 1933, which differs from holotype of E. klatti WEIGELT 1933 in a more lingual placed protocone, a less developed hypocone and a weaker lingual cingulum on upper M2.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Europolemur koenigswaldi (type locality: 58140)