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Chiromyoides

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Chiromyoides was named by Stehlin (1916). It is not extant. Its type is Chiromyoides campanicus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plesiadapis by Teilhard (1922).

It was assigned to Plesiadapidae by Stehlin (1916), Matthew (1917), Simpson (1937), Simpson (1940), Gingerich (1973), Gingerich (1975), Gunnell (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Boyer et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Chiromyoides Stehlin
1917Chiromyoides Matthew p. 833
1937Chiromyoides Simpson p. 165
1940Chiromyoides Simpson p. 202
1973Chiromyoides Gingerich p. 517
1975Chiromyoides Gingerich p. 142
1989Chiromyoides Gunnell p. 147
1997Chiromyoides McKenna and Bell
2012Chiromyoides Boyer et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusChiromyoidesStehlin 1916

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. †Chiromyoides Stehlin 1916
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†Chiromyoides caesor Gingerich 1973
†Chiromyoides campanicus Stehlin 1916
†Chiromyoides gigas Burger and Honey 2008
†Chiromyoides gingerichi Secord 2008
†Chiromyoides kesiwah Beard et al. 2020
†Chiromyoides major Gingerich 1975
†Chiromyoides mauberti De Bast et al. 2018
†Chiromyoides minor Gingerich 1975
†Chiromyoides potior Gingerich 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) C. caesor (14956) C. minor (14975)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) C. caesor (14967) C. gigas (174227) Nothodectes gidleyi (14935)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) C. caesor (14952 14979 14980 14982 14987 15059 85096 190411) C. minor (14936) C. potior (14944 15065)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) C. campanicus (68428 87925)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) C. sp. (166598)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) C. caesor (15018) C. gingerichi (209787) C. kesiwah (209785 209786)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) C. caesor (15252) C. sp. (15219)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) C. gingerichi (15197) C. major (15072 15082 15089 15183 190434) C. potior (15121 15159)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) C. potior (15079)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (133368)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom C. sp. (87950)