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Ourayia

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy

Ourayia was named by Gazin (1958). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mytoniinae by Robinson (1968); to Mytoniina by Szalay (1976), Gunnell (1995); to Omomyidae by Gazin (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Ourayiini by Muldoon and Gunnell (2002); and to Utahiini by Gunnell and Rose (2002).

Species

O. hopsoni, O. uintensis

Synonyms

Mytonius was named by Robinson (1968). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mytoniinae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ourayia by Szalay (1976), Gunnell (1995).

It was assigned to Mytoniinae by Robinson (1968).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1958	Ourayia Gazin
1968	Ourayia Robinson p. 320
1968	Mytonius Robinson p. 321
1976	Ourayia Szalay p. 275
1978	Mytonius Krishtalka
1978	Mytonius Krishtalka and Schwartz
1982	Mytonius West
1995	Ourayia Gunnell p. 171
1997	Ourayia McKenna and Bell
2002	Ourayia Gunnell and Rose p. 47
2002	Ourayia Muldoon and Gunnell p. 504

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
infraorder	Haplorhini	(Pocock 1918)
infraorder	Tarsiiformes	Gregory 1915
superfamily	Omomyoidea
family	Omomyidae
subfamily	Omomyinae	Trouessart 1879
tribe	Ourayiini
genus	Ourayia

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. †Ourayia Gazin 1958

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†Ourayia hopsoni Robinson 1968

†Ourayia uintensis Osborn 1895

Invalid names: Mytonius Robinson 1968 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealf

Diet:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparousf

Created:

2005-08-24 13:59:57

Modified:

2005-08-24 15:59:57

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Texas)	O. uintensis (16651) O. uintensis, Macrotarsius sp. (16586)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Macrotarsiini indet. (16763) O. sp. (16684 16703 16710 16762 16771)
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Texas)	Mytonius hopsoni (16614) Mytonius sp. (16542)
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	O. sp. (16585 16780)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	Mytonius hopsoni (16514) O. uintensis (16649)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Omomyidae indet. (16615) O. sp. (16547)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Utah)	Mytonius sp., Mytonius hopsoni, Ouraia sp. (213066) O. uintensis (16589 16646 16654) O. uintensis, Mytonius hopsoni (16607)