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Chiromyoides gigas

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Chiromyoides gigas was named by Burger and Honey (2008). Its type specimen is UCM 98607, a tooth (left I1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCM locality 92177, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Fort Union Formation of Colorado.

Entered
by K. Beard on 2020-05-15; modified by J. Marcot on 2023-10-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Chiromyoides gigas Burger and Honey p. 821 figs. 7A-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesgigas

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.

†Chiromyoides gigas Burger and Honey 2008
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Colorado) Chiromyoides gigas (type locality: 174227)