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Washakius insignis

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Washakius insignis was named by Leidy (1873) [type is from an unknown locality in the Bridger Formation and was "given to Dr. Carter by a Shoshone Indian and then sent on to Leidy" (Gazin 1958)]. Its type specimen is ANSP 10332, a mandible (portion of right ramus of mandible with M3 and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Washakius.

It was recombined as Anaptomorphus insignis by Hay (1902).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Washakius insignis Leidy p. 123
1902Anaptomorphus insignis Hay p. 787
1904Washakius insignis Wortman p. 208
1959Shoshonius laurae Simpson
1976Washakius insignis Szalay p. 303
1990Washakius insignis Honey p. 211
1992Washakius laurae Gunnell et al.
2002Washakius insignis Muldoon and Gunnell p. 493

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyOmomyinaeTrouessart 1879
tribeWashakiini
genusWashakiusLeidy 1873
speciesinsignis

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.

†Washakius insignis Leidy 1873
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Invalid names: Shoshonius laurae Simpson 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available