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Ptolemaia

Mammalia - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae

Taxonomy
Ptolemaia was named by Osborn (1908). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ptolemaiidae by Osborn (1908), Van Valen (1967), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Gunnell et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Ptolemaia Osborn
1967Ptolemaia Van Valen
1997Ptolemaia McKenna and Bell
2010Ptolemaia Gunnell et al. p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderPtolemaiidaSimons and Bown 1995
familyPtolemaiidae
genusPtolemaia

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. †Ptolemaia Osborn 1908
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Ptolemaia grangeri Bown and Simons 1987
Ptolemaia lyonsi Osborn 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) P. grangeri (12950) P. lyonsi (175420)