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Prosimiae (disused)

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Prosimiae was named by Milne Edwards. It is extant.

It was reranked as the order Prosimiae by Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Primates by Ameghino (1897), Hay (1902) and Gregory (1910); and to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Prosimiae Ameghino p. 418
1902Prosimiae Hay p. 786
1910Prosimiae Gregory p. 465
1911Prosimiae Jaekel p. 213

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
suborderProsimiaeMilne Edwards
suborderProsimiaeMilne Edwards

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.

Subor. Prosimiae Milne Edwards
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Invalid names: Limnotheriidae Marsh 1875 [empty]
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available