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Vectipithex smithorum

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Vectipithex smithorum was named by Hooker and Harrison (2008). Its type specimen is NHMUK M45654, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is How Ledge Limestone clay unit, Headon Hill, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial limestone in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Vectipithex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Vectipithex smithorum Hooker and Harrison

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyMicrochoerinae(Lydekker 1887)
genusVectipithex
speciessmithorum

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.

†Vectipithex smithorum Hooker and Harrison 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available