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Notopithecus adapinus âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4973904https://www.gbif.org/species/4973904
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)65749https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65749
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Notopithecus adapinus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Notopithecidae : Notopithecus : Notopithecus adapinus
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
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
-Notopithecidae
genusNotopithecusAmeghino 1897
speciesNotopithecus adapinusAmeghino 1897
Generic NameNotopithecus
Scientific NameNotopithecus adapinus Ameghino, 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Notopithecus adapinusspeciesbelongs to Notopithecusstated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Notopithecus adapinusspeciesbelongs to Notopithecusstated without evidenceReguero and Prevosti, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino, 1904GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Antepithecus gradatus
Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino, 1902GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Adpithecus subtenuis
Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino, 1902GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Infrapithecus diversus
Epipithecus confluens Ameghino, 1904GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Epipithecus confluens
Adpithecus secans Ameghino, 1901GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Notopithecus : Adpithecus secans

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino p. 420
1901Adpithecus secans Ameghino p. 355
1902Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino p. 7–8
1902Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino p. 9
1904Epipithecus confluens Ameghino p. 3
1904Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino p. 6
1967Notopithecus adapinus Simpson
2010Notopithecus adapinus Reguero and Prevosti

References

Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
Ameghino F. (1901) Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16, 349-429
Ameghino F. (1902) Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17, 5-70
Ameghino F. (1904) Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic], Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58, 1-142
Simpson G. G. (1967) The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part II., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 137, 1-260
Reguero M. A., Prevosti F. J. (2010) Rodent-like notoungulates (Typotheria) from Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: phylogeny and systematics, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 148-165
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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