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Labidolemur ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4831714	https://www.gbif.org/species/4831714
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40247	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40247

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Apatemyidae : Labidolemur

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Insectivora : Apatemyidae : Labidolemur

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
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Insectivora	Bowdich 1821
superfamily	Apatemyoidea
family	Apatemyidae	Matthew 1909
genus	Labidolemur	Matthew & Granger 1921

Scientific Name

Labidolemur Matthew & Granger, 1921

Name Published In

Matthew, W. D. & W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13: 1-7.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Plesiadapidae	stated with evidence	Matthew and Granger, 1921
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyidae	stated with evidence	Simpson, 1940
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyidae	stated without evidence	Hooker, 1986
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyidae	stated with evidence	Gunnell, 1989
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Labidolemur	genus	belongs to Apatemyidae	stated with evidence	Silcox et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Apatemyidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Apatemyidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Apatemyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Labidolemur kayi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	27	61.7 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Labidolemur major ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Labidolemur serus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Labidolemur soricoides ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	61.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1921	Labidolemur Matthew and Granger p. 4
1940	Labidolemur Simpson p. 203
1967	Labidolemur Van Valen
1986	Labidolemur Hooker p. 327
1989	Labidolemur Gunnell p. 147
1997	Labidolemur McKenna and Bell
2010	Labidolemur Silcox et al.

References

Matthew W. D., Granger W. (1921) New genera of Paleocene mammals, American Museum Novitates 13, 1-7

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

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478

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

Silcox M. T., Bloch J. I., et al (2010) Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria), and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160, 773-825

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 13 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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