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Protopithecus brasiliensis

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Taxonomy
Protopithecus brasiliensis was named by Lund (1838). Its type specimen is Universitets Zoologisk Museum (UZM) 1623 and 3530, a set of limb elements (left proximal femur and right distal humerus of the same individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lapa do Periperi, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Protopithecus brasiliensis Lund
1880Protopithecus brasiliensis Gervais and Ameghino p. 4

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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
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyAtelidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAtelinaeGray 1825
genusProtopithecusLund 1838
speciesbrasiliensisLund 1838

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.

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Diagnosis
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