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Washakius

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Washakius was named by Leidy (1873). It is not extant. Its type is Washakius insignis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anaptomorphus by Cope (1877) and Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Insectivora by Leidy (1873); to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Anaptomorphinae by Wortman (1904); to Omomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by Gazin (1958) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Washakiini by Szalay (1976), Honey (1990), Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Gunnell and Rose (2002) and Holroyd and Strait (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Washakius Leidy
1877Washakius Schlosser p. 34
1904Washakius Wortman p. 208
1938Yumanius Stock
1940Washakius Simpson p. 198
1958Washakius Gazin
1976Washakius Szalay p. 296
1990Washakius Honey p. 211
1997Washakius McKenna and Bell
2002Washakius Gunnell and Rose p. 46
2002Washakius Muldoon and Gunnell p. 493
2008Washakius Holroyd and Strait p. 254

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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

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.

G. †Washakius Leidy 1873
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†Washakius insignis Leidy 1873
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Invalid names: Shoshonius laurae Simpson 1959 [synonym]
†Washakius izetti Honey 1990
†Washakius woodringi Stock 1938
Invalid names: Yumanius Stock 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available