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Notopithecidae

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy

Notopithecidae was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type is Notopithecus. It was considered paraphyletic by Vera (2012).

It was reranked as the subfamily Notopithecinae by Simpson (1945), Simpson (1967), Reguero and Prevosti (2010) and Vera (2012); it was reranked as the unranked clade Notopithecidae by Vera (2016).

It was assigned to Prosimiae by Ameghino (1897); to Typotheria by Simpson (1934) and Simpson (1935); to Interatheriidae by Simpson (1945), Simpson (1967), Reguero and Prevosti (2010) and Vera (2012); and to Notoungulata by Vera (2016).

Subtaxa

Antepithecus (syn. Infrapithecus, Patriarchippus, Pseudadiantus), Eupithecops, Guilielmoscottia, Notopithecus (syn. Epipithecus, Gonopithecus, Adpithecus), Transpithecus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Notopithecidae Ameghino p. 418
1934	Notopithecidae Simpson
1935	Notopithecidae Simpson p. 16
1945	Notopithecinae Simpson p. 128
1967	Notopithecinae Simpson
2010	Notopithecinae Reguero and Prevosti
2012	Notopithecinae Vera
2016	Notopithecidae Vera

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
—	Paenungulata	Simpson 1945
—	Sudamericungulata
order	Notoungulata
—	Notopithecidae	()
—	Notopithecidae	()

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.

Unr. †Notopithecidae Ameghino 1897

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G. †Antepithecus Ameghino 1901

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†Antepithecus brachystephanus Ameghino 1901

Invalid names: Adpithecus reduncus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Antepithecus interrasus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Gonopithecus trigonodontoides Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Infrapithecus cinctus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Pseudadiantus imperfectus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Pseudadiantus secans Ameghino 1901 [synonym]

Invalid names: Infrapithecus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Patriarchippus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Pseudadiantus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]

G. †Eupithecops Ameghino 1897

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†Eupithecops proximus Ameghino 1897

G. †Guilielmoscottia Ameghino 1901

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†Guilielmoscottia plicifera Ameghino 1901

Invalid names: Notopithecus amplidens Ameghino 1901 [synonym]

G. †Notopithecus Ameghino 1897

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†Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino 1897

Invalid names: Adpithecus secans Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Epipithecus confluens Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino 1902 [synonym]

Invalid names: Adpithecus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Epipithecus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Gonopithecus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]

G. †Transpithecus Ameghino 1901

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†Transpithecus obtentus Ameghino 1901

Invalid names: Acoelodus connectus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Patriarchippus annectens Ameghino 1904 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2009-01-05 17:11:49

Modified:

2009-01-05 19:11:49

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Tinguirirican or 56.00000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Riochican	57.0 - 55.8	Argentina (Chubut)	Notopithecidae indet. (175728)
Casamayoran	56.0 - 48.0	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Notopithecus adapinus (50066)
Casamayoran	56.0 - 48.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Adpithecus secans, Transpithecus obtentus, Pseudadiantus secans, Pseudadiantus imperfectus, Adpithecus reduncus, Antepithecus gradatus, Patriarchippus annectens (176285) Antepithecus brachystephanus (175743) Notopithecus adapinus (176304) Notopithecus adapinus, Transpithecus obtentus (176491) Notopithecus sp. (141758 175738 175739)
Casamayoran	56.0 - 48.0	Chile	Antepithecus brachystephanus (186784)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Argentina (Chubut)	Antepithecus sp. (133040)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	55.8 - 37.71	Argentina (Mendoza)	Notopithecidae indet. (212320)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	55.8 - 37.71	Argentina (Chubut)	Notopithecidae indet. (175735)
Mustersan	48.0 - 42.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Antepithecus brachystephanus, Guilielmoscottia plicifera (38879) Guilielmoscottia plicifera (38878 176371) Guilielmoscottia sp., Notopithecus sp., Antepithecus brachystephanus (176194) Notopithecinae indet. (176289) Notopithecinae indet., Adpithecus amplidens, Guilielmoscottia plicifera (176286) Notopithecinae indet., Guilielmoscottia plicifera, Notopithecus amplidens (176290)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Argentina (Chubut)	Notopithecinae gen. et sp. indet. J (176059) Notopithecus sp. (44956)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Antepithecus brachystephanus, Notopithecus adapinus, Acoelodus connectus, Gonopithecus trigodontoides (176164)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Antepithecus brachystephanus, Notopithecus adapinus, Transpithecus obtentus (176494)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Brazil (Paraná)	Notopithecinae indet. (186567)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Antepithecus brachystephanus (176183) Antepithecus brachystephanus, Notopithecus adapinus (176181 176182 176185) Antepithecus brachystephanus, Notopithecus adapinus, Adpithecus secans, Transpithecus obtentus, Infrapithecus cinctus, Adpithecus subtenuis, Antepithecus interrasus (13779) Antepithecus brachystephanus, Transpithecus obtentus (176167) Antepithecus sp., Notopithecus sp., Transpithecus sp. (176189) Notopithecus adapinus (49902 176175 176178 176190 176192) Notopithecus adapinus, Adpithecus secans, Infrapithecus diversus (176163) Notopithecus adapinus, Epipithecus confluens (176168) Notopithecus adapinus, Transpithecus obtentus (176186) Notopithecus indet. (176176) Notopithecus indet., Antepithecus brachystephanus (176180) Notopithecus sp. (175744) Notopithecus sp., Antepithecus brachystephanus, Notopithecus adapinus (49900) Notopithecus sp., Antepithecus brachystephanus, Transpithecus obtentus (176169) Notopithecus sp., Transpithecus obtentus (176492)
Tinguirirican	36.0 - 29.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Guilielmoscottia sp. (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Chile	Notopithecinae indet. (38072)