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Carpolestes nigridens

Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae

Taxonomy
Carpolestes nigridens was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 22159, a mandible (right ramus with P4, M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Carpolestes.

It was recombined as Carpodaptes nigridens by Szalay and Delson (1979).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Carpolestes nigridens Simpson
1929Carpolestes aquilae Simpson
1929Litotherium complicatum Simpson
1979Carpodaptes nigridens Szalay and Delson
1980Carpolestes nigridens Gingerich
1987Carpolestes nigridens Gingerich p. 312
1998Carpolestes nigridens Bloch and Gingerich

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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
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyCarpolestidaeSimpson 1935
subfamilyCarpolestinaeRussell 1964
genusCarpolestes
speciesnigridens

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.

†Carpolestes nigridens Simpson 1928
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Invalid names: Carpolestes aquilae Simpson 1929 [synonym], Litotherium complicatum Simpson 1929 [synonym]
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 61.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Carpolestes nigridens (15058 190419 190462)
Cf156.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Carpolestes nigridens (46649)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Carpolestes nigridens (15072 15080 15082 15089 15092 15094 15183 15201 190416 190432) Carpolestes sp. (15176 15204 15216)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Carpolestes nigridens (type locality: 15079)