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Teilhardina crassidens

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Teilhardina crassidens was named by Bown and Rose (1987). Its type specimen is UW 8959, a mandible (left dentary with p3-m2, roots of i1 and c, and alveoli for i2 and p2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elk Creek (180 m), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Teilhardina crassidens Bown and Rose

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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
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
genusTeilhardina
speciescrassidens

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.

Teilhardina crassidens Bown and Rose 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2014-01-30 12:52:44
Modified: 2014-01-30 12:52:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Rose et al. 2012

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Teilhardina crassidens (15697 15707 15743 15762 15796 46721 46808) Tetonoides tenuiculus (type locality: 15514 15516)