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Plesiadapis anceps
Taxonomy
Plesiadapis anceps was named by Simpson (1936). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 33822, a partial skull (left lower jaw with incisor and M1-3, right [lower] P4 and M1, right [upper] P3-M1, left [upper] M1-2, and other fragments, all of one individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.
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Synonymy list
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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.
†Plesiadapis anceps Simpson 1936
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Invalid names: Plesiadapis jepseni Gazin 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Plesiadapis anceps (14939) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Plesiadapis anceps (14955 14993 15002 type locality: 15064) | |
Tiffanian | USA (California) | Plesiadapis anceps (14872 143202) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Plesiadapis anceps (15061 15062) Plesiadapis jepseni (14964 14989) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Plesiadapis anceps (15006) |