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Megaladapis

Mammalia - Primates - Megaladapidae

Taxonomy
Megaladapis was named by Forsyth Major (1894). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Megaladapidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Karanth et al. (2005) and Burney et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Megaladapis Forsyth Major
1997Megaladapis McKenna and Bell
2005Megaladapis Karanth et al. p. 5094
2008Megaladapis Burney et al. p. 19

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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
infraorderLemuriformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLemuroidea(Mivart 1864)
familyMegaladapidaeForsyth Major 1894
genusMegaladapisForsyth Major 1894

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. †Megaladapis Forsyth Major 1894
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Megaladapis edwardsi Grandidier 1899
Megaladapis grandidieri Standing 1903
Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth Major 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:52:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) M. edwardsi (92733) M. edwardsi, M. madagascariensis (92732)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar M. edwardsi (181845)