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Cantius ralstoni

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Pelycodus ralstoni was named by Matthew (1915). Its type specimen is AM 16089, a maxilla (right maxilla with P4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SC-40, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Pelycodus ralstoni Matthew
1977Pelycodus ralstoni Gingerich and Simons p. 254
1981Cantius ralstoni 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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
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
speciesralstoni()

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 ralstoni Matthew 1915
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pelycodus ralstoni (15875)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Cantius ralstoni (15429)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cantius ralstoni (15587 15589 15590 15788 16043 16044 46637 46640 46652 46657 46659 46662 46726 46822 46823) Pelycodus ralstoni (15491 15729 15738 15739 type locality: 15749 15793)