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Darwinius

Description

Darwinius is a genus within the infraorder Adapiformes, a group of basal strepsirrhine primates from the middle Eocene epoch. Its only known species, Darwinius masillae, lived approximately 47 million years ago (Lutetian stage) based on dating of the fossil site.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4827731https://www.gbif.org/species/4827731
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)147599https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=147599
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Notharctidae : Darwinius
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Darwinius
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderPrimatesLinnaeus 1758
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
subfamilyCaenopithecinae
genusDarwiniusFranzen Gingerich Habersetzer Hurum von Koenigswald & Smith 2009
Scientific NameDarwinius Franzen, Gingerich, Habersetzer, Hurum, von Koenigswald & Smith, 2009
Name Published InFranzen, Jens L., Philip D. Gingerich, Jrög Habersetzer, Jørn H. Hurum, Wighart von Koenigswald & B. Holly Smith. 2009. Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. Public Library of Science, ONE 4(5): 1-27.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Darwiniusgenusbelongs to Caenopithecinaestated with evidenceSeiffert et al., 2009
Darwiniusgenusbelongs to Cercamoniinaestated with evidenceFranzen et al., 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Primates)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. L. Franzen, P. D. Gingerich, and J. Habersetzer, J. H. Hurum, W. Koenigswald, B. H. Smith. 2009. Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. PloSone 4(5):1-27
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinius

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Darwinius masillae
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
148.6 Ma
Eocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Darwinius Franzen et al. p. 5 figs. Figures 1-6
2009Darwinius Seiffert et al. p. 1120

References

Franzen J. L., Gingerich P. D., et al (2009) Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology, PloSone 4 5, 1-27
Seiffert E. R., Perry J. M. G., et al (2009) Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates, Nature 461, 1118-1121 doi:10.1038/nature08429
Franzen et al., 2009 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
PLoS ONE 4(5): - 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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