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Cantius mckennai

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus mckennai was named by Gingerich and Simons (1977). Its type specimen is UM 67113, a maxilla (left maxilla with M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SC-133, which is in a Wasatchian wet floodplain wackestone/carbonate in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Cantius mckennai by Gingerich and Haskin (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pelycodus mckennai Gingerich and Simons
1981Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Haskin

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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
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
genusCantiusSimons 1962
speciesmckennai()

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.

Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Graybullian to the top of the Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (132 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pelycodus mckennai (15878)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Cantius mckennai (15222 15273 15350 15353 15354) Pelycodus mckennai (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15855 15862 15864 15865 15868 15870 15887)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cantius mckennai (15468 15471 15477 15478 15525 15586 15588 15592 15593 15594 15673 15682 15683 15699 15727 15884 16037 46636 46639 46642 46643 46644 46645 46648 46656 46665 46668 46669 46670 46672 46673 46674 46680 46685 46687 46688 46690 46691 46693 46697 46721 46724 46727 46759 46768 46769 46770 46772 46773 46774 46777 46780 46781 46782 46783 46784 46785 46787 46788 46789 46790 46791 46792 46794 46795 46796 46797 46798 46799 46800 46801 46803 46804 46805 46806 46807 46808 46809 46812 46813 46814 46815 46818 46819 46821 46822 46828 46830 46831 46834 46838 46841 46844 46852 118482) Pelycodus mckennai (15744 15765 15770 type locality: 15779 15786 15790 15912 15932 16016 16017 16018 16021 16024 16027 16029 16032 16055)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Cantius sp. (15679)