Darwinius masillae

Darwinius masillae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adapiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: †Adapiformes

Familia: †Notharctidae
Subfamilia: Cercamoniinae
Genus: Darwinius
Species: Darwinius masillae

Name

Darwinius masillae Franzen, Gingerich, Habersetzer, Hurum, von Koenigswald & Smith, 2009

Type locality

early Geiseltalian, early Middle Eocene; Messel Formation (middle part of section); Grube Messel, Messel, South Hessen, Germany; 49°55′7″ North, 8°45′22″ East.

Type material

Holotype: Geological Museum, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway PMO 214.214 (part)
Holotype: Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Messel Grube collection WDC-MG-210

References

cited sources

Franzen, J.L.; Gingerich, P.D.; Habersetzer, J.; Hurum, J.H.; Koenigswald, W., von; Smith, B.H. 2009: Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology. PLoS ONE, 4(5): e5723. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005723 [electronic only publication, but name available from a print run of this article published separately on 21st May 2009]

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