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Palenochtha

Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae

Taxonomy
Palenochtha was named by Simpson (1935) ["anagram of Palaechthon" (thanks George)]. It is not extant. Its type is Palaechthon minor.

It was assigned to Anaptomorphidae by Simpson (1937); to Paromomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Purgatoriinae by Van Valen and Sloan (1965); to Palaechthonini by Szalay (1969); to Palaechthoninae by Gunnell (1989); and to Palaechthonidae by Simpson (1935) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. minor, P. weissae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Palenochtha Simpson
1937Palenochtha Simpson p. 158
1940Palenochtha Simpson p. 198
1965Palenochtha Van Valen and Sloan p. 743
1969Palenochtha Szalay
1989Palenochtha Gunnell p. 15
1997Palenochtha McKenna and Bell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderPlesiadapiformesSimons and Tattersall 1972
superfamilyMicrosyopoidea
familyPalaechthonidaeSzalay 1969
subfamilyPalaechthoninae
genusPalenochtha

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. †Palenochtha Simpson 1935
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†Palenochtha minor Gidley 1923
†Palenochtha weissae Rigby, Jr. 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: insectivoresubo
Diet 2: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:53:28
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:53:28
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) P. minor (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) P. minor (14912) P. sp., P. minor (14898) P. weissae, P. minor (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) P. minor (14906)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) P. minor (15067)