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Plesiadapis praecursor

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Plesiadapis praecursor was named by Gingerich (1975). Its type specimen is PU 14512, a mandible (left mandible with alveoli for I1 P2-3 M3 and the crowns of P4 M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Douglass Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Plesiadapis praecursor Gingerich p. 141

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPlesiadapisGervais 1877
speciespraecursor

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 praecursor Gingerich 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Plesiadapis praecursor (14938 14939 195856)
Ti161.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Plesiadapis praecursor (15026)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Plesiadapis praecursor (type locality: 15025)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis praecursor (15013 15014 15015)