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Plesiadapis churchilli
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.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1975 | Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich p. 142 |
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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
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Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Plesiadapis rex (14962) | |
Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plesiadapis churchilli (14978) | |
Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | Plesiadapis churchilli (14951) Plesiadapis fodinatus (14973) Plesiadapis gidleyi (14995) | |
Tiffanian | USA (California) | Plesiadapis churchilli (143201) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Plesiadapis churchilli (type locality: 15033 15048) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Plesiadapis churchilli (14952 14980 14981 14982 14986 15007 15049 15059 85096 190410 190423 190424 190425 190436 190442 190452 190489) Plesiadapis farisi (15036) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Plesiadapis churchilli (15018 15024) |