Plesiadapoidea

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

Superfamilia: †Plesiadapoidea
Familiae: †Plesiadapidae – †Carpolestidae – †Saxonellidae
Genera, familia incertae sedis: †Chronolestes

Name

†Plesiadapoidea Trouessart, 1897

Synonymy

References

Primary references

  • Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Berolini: R. Friedländer & Sohn, 1:vi + 664p. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Romer, A.S. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology. 687 + ix pp. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Reference page. 
  • Bown, T.M. & Rose, K.D. 1976. New Early Tertiary Primates and a Reappraisal of some Plesiadapiformes. Folia Primatologica 26(2): 109–138. DOI: 10.1159/000155734.
  • Gingerich, P.D. 1976. Cranial anatomy and evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). Papers on Paleontology (15): 1–156.
  • 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. DOI: 10.1002/evan.21526.

Vernacular names

  • English: plesiadapoids
  • 日本語: プレシアダピス上科
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