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Platychoerops richardsoni

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Platychoerops richardsoni was named by Charlesworth (1855). Its type specimen is York Museum 520, a maxilla (palate with second and third true molars of both sides, and on the right side the fourth premolar and alveoli of pm3 and m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herne Bay (London Clay), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Platychoerops.

It was corrected as Platychoerops richardsonii by Gingerich (1976).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-03-29; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Platychoerops richardsoni Charlesworth
1865Miolophus planiceps Owen p. 339
1885Platychoerops richardsoni Lydekker p. 360
1976Platychoerops richardsonii Gingerich p. 46
2012Platychoerops richardsoni Boyer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPlatychoeropsCharlesworth 1855
speciesrichardsoniCharlesworth 1855

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.

†Platychoerops richardsoni Charlesworth 1855
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Invalid names: Miolophus planiceps Owen 1865 [objective synonym]
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: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Platychoerops richardsoni (type locality: 87930)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Platychoerops richardsonii (13299 68436)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Platychoerops richardsonii (35539)