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Plesiadapis rex

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Tetonius rex was named by Gidley (1923). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. no. 9838, a tooth (isolated [lower] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Melville Localities 11/13, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union No. 3" (= Melville) Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Plesiadapis rex by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1937), Gingerich (1975) and Gingerich (1976).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Tetonius rex Gidley
1927Plesiadapis rex Simpson
1937Plesiadapis rex Simpson p. 167
1964Plesiadapis paskapooensis Russell
1975Plesiadapis rex Gingerich p. 141
1976Plesiadapis rex Gingerich

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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
speciesrex(Gidley 1923)

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 rex Gidley 1923
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Invalid names: Plesiadapis paskapooensis Russell 1964 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Plesiadapis rex (14928)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Plesiadapis fodinatus (14964 14999 15001) Plesiadapis rex (14926 14936 15017 15031 15060) Plesiadapis sp. A (15034)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Plesiadapis rex (14931)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Plesiadapis rex (14949 14954)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Plesiadapis rex (14937 type locality: 15037)