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Vectipithex raabi

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Necrolemur raabi was named by Heller (1930). Its type specimen is GMH.CeI-4254, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal, Ce I, Grube "Cecilie", which is in a Lutetian lacustrine lignite in Germany.

It was recombined as Nannopithex raabi by Hooker (1986) and Thalmann (1994); it was recombined as Vectipithex raabi by Hooker and Harrison (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Necrolemur raabi Heller
1986Nannopithex raabi Hooker p. 249
1994Nannopithex abderhaldeni Thalmann
1994Nannopithex raabi Thalmann
2008Vectipithex raabi Hooker and Harrison

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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()
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)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyMicrochoerinae(Lydekker 1887)
genusVectipithex
speciesraabi(Heller 1930)

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 raabi Heller 1930
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Invalid names: Nannopithex abderhaldeni Thalmann 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available