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Parapithecus

Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae

Taxonomy
Parapithecus was named by Schlosser (1911). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Beard et al. (2016).

It was synonymized subjectively with Apidium by Gingerich (1978).

It was assigned to Parapithecidae by Simons and Kay (1983), McKenna and Bell (1997), Simons (2001) and Seiffert et al. (2005); to Parapithecinae by Beard et al. (2016); and to Parapithecinae by Mattingly et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Parapithecus Schlosser
1983Parapithecus Simons and Kay p. 624
1997Parapithecus McKenna and Bell
2001Parapithecus Simons p. 7892
2005Parapithecus Seiffert et al. p. 301
2016Parapithecus Beard et al.
2021Parapithecus Mattingly et al.

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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
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderParapithecoidea(Schlosser 1911)
familyParapithecidaeSchlosser 1911
subfamilyParapithecinae(Schlosser 1911)
genusParapithecusSchlosser 1911

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. †Parapithecus Schlosser 1911
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Parapithecus fraasi Schlosser 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt P. fraasi (88348)