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Loveina sheai

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Taxonomy
Omomys sheai was named by Gazin (1962). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No. 22384, a mandible (right ramus of mandible with M2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Barge, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loveina zephyri by Gunnell and Rose (2002); it was recombined as Loveina sheai by Stucky (1984), Honey (1990), Muldoon and Gunnell (2002), Holroyd and Strait (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Omomys sheai Gazin p. 31
1984Loveina sheai Stucky
1990Loveina sheai Honey p. 215
2002Loveina sheai Muldoon and Gunnell p. 493
2008Loveina sheai Holroyd and Strait p. 246

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
infraorderTarsiiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyOmomyoidea
familyOmomyidae
subfamilyOmomyinaeTrouessart 1879
tribeWashakiini
genusLoveina
speciessheai()

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.

†Loveina sheai Gazin 1962
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Loveina sheai (124856 124857)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Omomys sheai (15456 type locality: 15662)