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Gesneropithex

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Taxonomy
Gesneropithex was named by Hürzeler (1946).

It was assigned to Amphilemuridae by Novacek et al. (1985), Hooker (1986) and Carroll (1988).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Gesneropithex Hürzeler
1985Gesneropithex Novacek et al. p. 9
1986Gesneropithex Hooker p. 224
1988Gesneropithex Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
genusGesneropithexHürzeler 1946

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.

G. †Gesneropithex Hürzeler 1946
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Gesneropithex fingularis Hooker 1986
Gesneropithex peyeri Hürzeler 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) G. peyeri (182808)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) G. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) G. sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) G. sp. (31736)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. grisollensis (39643)