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Euprimates

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92574https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92574
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Euprimates
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderPrimatesLinnaeus 1758
-EuprimateformesBloch et al. 2007
-EuprimatesHoffstetter 1978
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Euprimatessuborderbelongs to Primatesstated without evidenceHarrison et al., 1991
Euprimatesunranked cladebelongs to Euprimateformesstated with evidenceBloch et al., 2007
Euprimatessuborderbelongs to Primatesstated with evidenceFranzen et al., 2009
Euprimatessuborderbelongs to Primatesstated without evidenceRose et al., 2009
Euprimatesunranked cladebelongs to Euprimateformesstated with evidenceSilcox et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (20%)
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Primates)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. I. Bloch, M. T. Silcox, and D. M. Boyer, E. J. Sargis. 2007. New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiformes to crown-clade primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104(4):1159-1164

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Altanius ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		255.8 Ma
Eocene		55.8 Ma
Eocene
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Altiatlasius ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		259.2 Ma
Paleocene		59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1978Euprimates Hoffstetter
1991Euprimates Harrison et al. p. 332
2006Euprimates Rosenberger p. 140
2007Euprimates Bloch et al. p. 1162
2007Euprimates Rose et al. p. 380
2009Euprimates Franzen et al. p. 5
2009Euprimates Rose et al. p. 369
2010Euprimates Burger p. 2
2010Euprimates Silcox et al.

References

Bloch J. I., Silcox M. T., et al (2007) New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiformes to crown-clade primates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104 4, 1159-1164
Harrison T., Delson E., et al (1991) A new species of Pliopithecus from the middle Miocene of China and its implications for early catarrhine zoogeography, Journal of Human Evolution 21 5, 329-361
Rosenberger A. L. (2006) Protoanthropoidea (Primates, Simiiformes): a new primate higher taxon and a solution to the Rooneyia problem, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 13 2, 139-146
Rose K. D., Rana R. S., et al (2007) A new adapoid primate from the early Eocene of India, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31 14, 379-385
Franzen J. L., Gingerich P. D., et al (2009) Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology, PloSone 4 5, 1-27
Rose K. D., Rana R. S., et al (2009) Early Eocene primates from Gujarat, India, Journal of Human Evolution 56 4, 366-404 doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.008
Burger B. J. (2010) Skull of the Eocene primate Omomys carteri from western North America, Paleontological Contributions 2, 1-19
Silcox M. T., Bloch J. I., et al (2010) Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria), and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160, 773-825
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