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Plesiadapis churchilli

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis churchilli was named by Gingerich (1975). Its type specimen is PU 21234, a mandible (left mandible with I1 P3-4 P1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Draw Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Montana.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPlesiadapisGervais 1877
specieschurchilli

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.

†Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich 1975
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ti4 or 66.00000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Plesiadapis rex (14962)
Ti460.9 - 57.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Plesiadapis churchilli (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Plesiadapis churchilli (type locality: 15033 15048)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (California) Plesiadapis churchilli (143201)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis churchilli (14952 14980 14981 14982 14986 14997 15007 15049 15059 85096 190410 190423 190424 190425 190436 190442 190452 190489) Plesiadapis farisi (15036)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Plesiadapis churchilli (14951) Plesiadapis fodinatus (14973) Plesiadapis gidleyi (14995)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis churchilli (15018 15024)