Plesiadapiformes

Plesiadapis tricuspidens (Plesiadapidae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plesiadapiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Grandordo: Euarchonta
Mirordo: Primatomorpha
Ordo: †Plesiadapiformes

‎Classis: Mammalia
Mirordo: Primatomorpha
Ordo: †Plesiadapiformes
Superfamiliae: †Plesiadapoidea – †Paramomyoidea
Familiae, superfamiliae incertae sedis: †Micromomyidae – †Microsyopidae – †Picrodontidae – †Picromomyidae – †Purgatoriidae – †Toliapinidae
Genera, familiae incertae sedis: †Pandemonium – †Asioplesiadapis – †Russellodon

Name

Plesiadapiformes Simons & Tattersall, 1972

Synonymy

  • Plesiadapiformes Simons, 1972: 284 [infraorder, via McKenna & Bell, 1997:323, Simons credited the name to “Simons & Tattersall, 1972”, unknown work.]
  • Plesiadapiformes Tattersall, 1973:98 [infraorder]
  • Paromomyiformes Szalay, 1973:74 [suborder]

References

Primary references

  • Simons, E.L. 1972. Primate Evolution: an Introduction to Man's Place in Nature. New York: Macmillan. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Tattersall, I. 1973. Cranial anatomy of the Archaeolemurinae (Lemuroidea, Primates). Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52, pt. 1: 1–110, figs. 1–38, tables 1–12.
  • Szalay, F.S. 1973. New Paleocene Primates and a Diagnosis of the New Suborder Paromomyiformes. Folia Primatologica 19(2): 73–87. DOI: 10.1159/000155534.
  • McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
  • Silcox, M.T., Bloch, J.I., Boyer, D.M., Chester, S.G.B. & López-Torres, S. 2017. The evolutionary radiation of plesiadapiforms. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues News and Reviews 26(2): 74–94.

Vernacular names

  • català: Plesiadapiformes
  • English: Plesiadapiforms
  • español: Plesiadapiformes
  • 日本語: プレシアダピス目
  • polski: plezjadapidy
  • português: Plesiadapiformes
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