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Biretia piveteaui

Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae

Taxonomy
Biretia piveteaui was named by de Bonis et al. (1988). Its type specimen is BRT 17-84, a tooth (right lower M1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bir El Ater, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian deltaic sandstone in Algeria. It is the type species of Biretia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al.
2005Biretia piveteaui Seiffert et al. p. 300

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderParapithecoidea(Schlosser 1911)
familyParapithecidaeSchlosser 1911
genusBiretia
speciespiveteaui

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.

†Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available