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Berruvius lasseroni

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Berruvius lasseroni was named by Russell (1964). Its type specimen is BR-141, a mandible (left dentary fragment with M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mont Berru, which is in a Thanetian fluvial conglomerate in the Sables de Bracheux Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Berruvius lasseroni Russell p. 124
1981Berruvius lasseroni Russell p. 400
1999Berruvius lasseroni Hooker et al. p. 384

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
genusBerruviusRussell 1964
specieslasseroniRussell 1964

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.

†Berruvius lasseroni Russell 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Berruvius lasseroni (type locality: 68428 87925 137126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Nord) Berruvius lasseroni (68429)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Berruvius lasseroni (68437)