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Adapis

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Taxonomy
Adapis was named by Cuvier (1822) [Cray lists the type as Adapis parisiensis, even though it's named after the genus]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhinocerina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Adapinae by Simpson (1940) and Gingerich (1975); to Adapina by Beard et al. (1994); and to Adapidae by Gingerich (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Adapis Cuvier
1825Adapis Gray p. 342
1848Adapis Owen p. 139
1877Adapis Schlosser p. 23
1940Adapis Simpson p. 202
1975Adapis Gingerich p. 168
1980Adapis Gingerich p. 137
1994Adapis Beard et al. p. 606
1997Adapis 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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
familyAdapidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyAdapinaeTrouessart 1879
genusAdapisCuvier 1822

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. †Adapis Cuvier 1822
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†Adapis collinsonae Hooker 1986
†Adapis parisiensis Blainville 1841
†Adapis stintoni Gingerich 1977
†Adapis sudrei Gingerich 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:58:29
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:58:29
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) A. sudrei (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland A. laharpei (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) A. parisiensis (31634)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) A. laharpi, Caenopithecus sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) A. ruetimeyeri (31719 31720) A. sp. (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Jura) A. sudrei (182385)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) A. sp. (142030 182221)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) A. parisiensis (12847) A. sp. (31584)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) A. sp. (40358)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) A. parisiensis (31749)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) A. parisiensis (12842 12843 12854 31764)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) A. sp., A. parisiensis (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) A. parisiensis (31747)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. parisiensis (40030)