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Smilodectes mcgrewi

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Smilodectes mcgrewi was named by Gingerich (1979). Its type specimen is UW 5021, a mandible (left mandible with P3-4 M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kistner Locality V-16, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich p. 155

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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
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
familyNotharctidaeTrouessart 1879
genusSmilodectes
speciesmcgrewi

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.

Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Notharctus nunienus (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Smilodectes gracilis (16357 16369 16370 16372 16374) Smilodectes mcgrewi (16090 16093 16097 16100 16102 16105 16107 16108 16109 16111 16113 16114 16116 16122 16125 16126 16127 16128 16129 16270 16273 16291 16305 16306 16309 16312 16313 16314 16319 16321 16350 27269 type locality: 87311)