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Plesiadapis tricuspidens

Osteichthyes - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis tricuspidens was named by Gervais (1877). Its type specimen is MNHN Crl-16, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calcaire de Rilly near Reims, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Plesiadapis.

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by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Plesiadapis tricuspidens Gervais
1887Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens) gervaisii Lemoine p. 192
1930Plesiadapis tricuspidens Hay p. 446
1971Plesiadapis tricuspidens Szalay p. 324
1975Plesiadapis tricuspidens Gingerich p. 141
1976Plesiadapis tricuspidens Gingerich p. 38
1994Platychoerops georgei Hooker p. 344

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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
speciestricuspidensGervais 1877

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 tricuspidens Gervais 1877
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Invalid names: Platychoerops georgei Hooker 1994 [synonym], Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens) gervaisii Lemoine 1887 [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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Plesiadapis tricuspidens (68428 87925 87943 type locality: 87955 137125 137126)
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07France (Marne) Platychoerops georgei (133367)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) Platychoerops daubrei (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Platychoerops georgei (133368)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Hainaut) Plesiadapis remensis (87947)