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Nannodectes simpsoni

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Pronothodectes simpsoni was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 20754, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ledge, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was recombined as Nannodectes simpsoni by Gingerich (1975), Gingerich (1976) and Burger (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pronothodectes simpsoni Gazin pp. 20-21 figs. Pl. 3
1975Nannodectes simpsoni Gingerich p. 138
1976Nannodectes simpsoni Gingerich
2007Nannodectes simpsoni Burger p. 148

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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
Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusNannodectes
speciessimpsoni()

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.

Nannodectes simpsoni Gazin 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available