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Zanycteris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4575632	https://www.gbif.org/species/4575632
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40712	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40712

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Picrodontidae : Zanycteris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Primates	Linnaeus 1758
-	Euprimateformes	Bloch et al. 2007
superfamily	Plesiadapoidea
family	Picrodontidae	Simpson 1937
genus	Zanycteris	Matthew 1917

Scientific Name

Zanycteris Matthew, 1917

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Zanycteris	genus	belongs to Picrodontidae	stated without evidence	Matthew, 1917
Zanycteris	genus	belongs to Picrodontidae	stated with evidence	Gunnell, 1989
Zanycteris	genus	belongs to Picrodontidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Zanycteris	genus	belongs to Picrodontidae	stated without evidence	Scott and Fox, 2005
Zanycteris	genus	belongs to Picrodontidae	stated with evidence	Burger, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Plesiadapoidea)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Plesiadapoidea)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Plesiadapoidea)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Zanycteris honeyi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Zanycteris palaeocenus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zanycteris paleocenus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Zanycteris Matthew
1989	Zanycteris Gunnell p. 147
1997	Zanycteris McKenna and Bell
2005	Zanycteris Scott and Fox
2013	Zanycteris Burger

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Gunnell G. F. (1989) Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27, 1-157

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Scott C. S., Fox R. C. (2005) Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta, Journal of Paleontology 79 4, 635-657

Burger B. J. (2013) A new species of the archaic primate Zanycteris from the late Paleocene of western Colorado and the phylogenetic position of the family Picrodontidae, PeerJ 1, e191:1-11 doi:10.7717/peerj.191

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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