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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4827158	https://www.gbif.org/species/4827158
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40819	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40819

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Tarsiidae : Omomys

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Omomyidae : Omomys

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
infraorder	Haplorhini
infraorder	Tarsiiformes	Gregory 1915
superfamily	Omomyoidea
family	Omomyidae	Gazin 1958
subfamily	Omomyinae	Trouessart 1879
tribe	Omomyini	Szalay 1976
genus	Omomys	Leidy 1869

Scientific Name

Omomys Leidy, 1869

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1869

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyidae	stated without evidence	Leidy, 1869
Omomys	genus	belongs to Insectivora	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Omomys	genus	belongs to Mixodectidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyinae	stated with evidence	Wortman, 1904
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyinae	stated with evidence	Simpson, 1940
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyina	stated with evidence	Szalay, 1976
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyini	implied	Gunnell and Rose, 2002
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyini	stated with evidence	Muldoon and Gunnell, 2002
Omomys	genus	belongs to Omomyidae	stated without evidence	Burger, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Omomyidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Omomyidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Omomyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Leidy. 1869. Notice of some extinct vertebrates from Wyoming and Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:63-67

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euryacodon lepidus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hemiacodon pucillus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Omomys carteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	73	50.3 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Omomys lloydi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	50.3 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1869	Omomys Leidy p. 63
1872	Euryacodon Marsh
1873	Omomys Leidy p. 336
1902	Euryacodon Hay p. 741
1902	Omomys Hay p. 788
1904	Euryacodon Wortman p. 29
1904	Omomys Wortman p. 29

Year	Name and Author
1940	Euryacodon Simpson p. 198
1940	Omomys Simpson p. 198
1976	Omomys Szalay p. 257
1997	Omomys McKenna and Bell
2002	Omomys Gunnell and Rose p. 46
2002	Omomys Muldoon and Gunnell p. 492
2010	Omomys Burger p. 2

References

Leidy J. Notice of some extinct vertebrates from Wyoming and Dakota, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21, 63-67

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Simpson G. G. (1940) Studies on the earliest primates, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77 4, 185-212

Szalay F. S. (1976) Systematics of the Omomyidae (Tarsiiformes, Primates) : taxonomy, phylogeny, and adaptations, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 156 3

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

Gunnell G. F., Rose K. D. (2002) Tarsiiformes: Evolutionary history and adaptation, The Primate Fossil Record, W.C. Hartwig (ed.), Cambridge University Press., 45-81

Muldoon K. M., Gunnell G. F. (2002) Omomyid primates (Tarsiiformes) from the Early Middle Eocene at South Pass, Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, Journal of Human Evolution 43 4, 479-511

Burger B. J. (2010) Skull of the Eocene primate Omomys carteri from western North America, Paleontological Contributions 2, 1-19

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1869 - 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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