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Vectipithex ulmensis

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Adapis ulmensis was named by Schmidt-Kittler (1971). Its type specimen is BSPG.1968 VII 967, a tooth (isolated M/1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ehrenstein 1, which is in a MP 19 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Protoadapis ulmensis by Schmidt-Kittler (1977); it was considered a nomen dubium by Godinot (1998); it was recombined as Vectipithex ulmensis by Hooker and Harrison (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Adapis ulmensis Schmidt-Kittler
1977Protoadapis ulmensis Schmidt-Kittler
2008Vectipithex ulmensis 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
speciesulmensis(Schmidt-Kittler 1971)

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 ulmensis Schmidt-Kittler 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:59:57
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:59:57
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Vectipithex ulmensis (185551)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Protoadapis ulmensis (9071)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Adapis ulmensis (185548) Vectipithex ulmensis (185549 185550)