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Branisella boliviana

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy
Branisella boliviana was named by Hoffstetter (1969). Its type specimen is MNHN no type specimen number designated, a maxilla (P4/-M2/, with roots of P2-3/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Branisella.

Synonyms
  • Szalatavus attricuspis was named by Rosenberger et al. (1991). Its type specimen is UF 27887, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with portion of P4 root, moderately worn M1-3, part of the lateral orbital floor and face), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Branisella boliviana by Takai and Anaya (1996).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Branisella boliviana Hoffstetter
1991Szalatavus attricuspis Rosenberger et al.
1991Szalatavus attricuspis Rosenberger et al.

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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
familyCebidae
subfamilyBranisellinaeHershkovitz 1977
genusBranisella
speciesboliviana

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.

†Branisella boliviana Hoffstetter 1969
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Invalid names: Szalatavus attricuspis Rosenberger et al. 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available