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Elphidotarsius

Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae

Taxonomy
Elphidotarsius was named by Gidley (1923). It is not extant. Its type is Elphidotarsius florencae. It was considered paraphyletic by Beard and Wang (1995).

It was assigned to Carpolestidae by Gidley (1923), Simpson (1937), Simpson (1940), Gunnell (1989) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Carpolestinae by Beard and Wang (1995) and Beard et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Elphidotarsius Gidley
1937Elphidotarsius Simpson p. 162
1940Elphidotarsius Simpson p. 204
1989Elphidotarsius Gunnell p. 147
1995Elphidotarsius Beard and Wang
1997Elphidotarsius McKenna and Bell
2016Elphidotarsius Beard 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyCarpolestidaeSimpson 1935
subfamilyCarpolestinaeRussell 1964
genusElphidotarsiusGidley 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.

G. †Elphidotarsius Gidley 1923
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†Elphidotarsius florencae Gidley 1923
†Elphidotarsius russelli Krause 1978
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) E. florencae (14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) E. florencae (14874 14906)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) E. russelli (14939)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) E. wightoni (14928 14992)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) E. russelli (15010 15025 15030)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) E. russelli, E. wightoni (14953) E. wightoni (14925 14929 14954)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) E. shotgunensis (15067)