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Phenacolemur praecox

Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

Taxonomy
Phenacolemur praecox was named by Matthew (1915) [type is from "Pat O'Hara Creek, Clark's Fork Basin" (Robinson and Ivy 1994)]. Its type specimen is AMNH 16102, a mandible (P/4-M/2 with the root of I/1 and the alveoli of M/3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Phenacolemur.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Phenacolemur praecox Matthew
1930Phenacolemur praecox Hay p. 446
1994Phenacolemur praecox Robinson and Ivy p. 101
2012Phenacolemur praecox Rose 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyParomomyidaeSimpson 1940
subfamilyPhenacolemurinaeSimpson 1955
tribePhenacolemuriniSimpson 1955
genusPhenacolemur
speciespraecox

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.

†Phenacolemur praecox Matthew 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available