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Ignacius frugivorus

Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

Taxonomy
Ignacius frugivorus was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 17368, a maxilla (upper jaw with C, P4-M2 and alveoli of remaining cheek teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado. It is the type species of Ignacius.

It was recombined as Phenacolemur frugivorus by Simpson (1935), Simpson (1935), Simpson (1936), McKenna (1963), Schiebout (1974) and Krishtalka et al. (1975); it was recombined as Phenacolemur (Ignacius) frugivorus by Robinson (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger p. 5
1930Ignacius frugivorus Hay p. 447
1935Phenacolemur frugivorus Simpson
1936Phenacolemur frugivorus Simpson p. 22
1963Phenacolemur frugivorus McKenna
1968Phenacolemur (Ignacius) frugivorus Robinson p. 325
1974Phenacolemur frugivorus Schiebout
1975Phenacolemur frugivorus Krishtalka et al.
1976Ignacius frugivorus Bown and Rose
1978Ignacius frugivorus Krause
1978Ignacius frugivorus Krishtalka
1982Ignacius frugivorus Winterfeld
1994Ignacius frugivorus Robinson and Ivy p. 105
2013Ignacius frugivorus Scott et al.

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyParomomyidaeSimpson 1940
genusIgnacius
speciesfrugivorus

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.

†Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available