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Notharctus tenebrosus

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Taxonomy
Notharctus tenebrosus was named by Leidy (1870). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No. 3752, a mandible (nearly complete ramus of a lower jaw with C1, P2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Black's Fork, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy p. 114
1871Tomitherium rostratum Cope p. 470
1871Limnotherium tyrannus Marsh p. 43
1872Tomitherium rostratum Cope p. 2
1872Hipposyus formosus Leidy
1872Thinolestes anceps Marsh p. 205
1872Limnotherium affine Marsh p. 207
1873Tomitherium rostratus Cope p. 3
1873Limnotherium tyrannus Leidy p. 83
1873Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy p. 86
1873Hipposyus formosus Leidy p. 91
1878Tomitherium rostratum Osborn et al.
1902Tomitherium affine Hay p. 788
1902Tomitherium rostratum Hay p. 788
1902Limnotherium tyrannus Hay p. 789
1902Notharctus tenebrosus Hay p. 789
1902Hipposyus formosus Hay p. 793
1902Thinolestes anceps Hay p. 794
1902Notharctus tenebrosus Osborn p. 196
1902Notharctus anceps Osborn p. 197
1902Notharctus rostratum Osborn p. 197
1902Notharctus tyrannus Osborn p. 197
1916Notharctus formosus Gregory
1917Notharctus affinis Granger and Gregory
1917Notharctus anceps Granger and Gregory
1917Notharctus osborni Granger and Gregory
1917Notharctus pugnax Granger and Gregory
1917Notharctus tyrannus Granger and Gregory
1979Notharctus pugnax Gingerich p. 158
1979Notharctus tenebrosus Gingerich p. 158
1982Notharctus pugnax Bown
1982Notharctus pugnax Eaton
1994Notharctus pugnax Alexander

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusNotharctus
speciestenebrosus

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.

Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Hipposyus formosus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Limnotherium affine Marsh 1872 [synonym], Limnotherium tyrannus Marsh 1871 [synonym], Notharctus formosus Gregory 1916 [synonym], Notharctus osborni Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym], Notharctus pugnax Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym], Thinolestes anceps Marsh 1872 [synonym], Tomitherium rostratum Cope 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available