Cantius angulatus (Notharctidae)



Cantius angulatus ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Notharctidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Eozän) im Ypresium lebte, das vor rund 56 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 47,8 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Cantius angulatus
Sammlung Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Almagre Arroyo (Cope) Ypresian
zwischen 50.3 und 55.8 Millionen Jahren
San Jose Arroyo Almagre; Gallinas Creek
Kommentar z. Taxonomie
records from Simpson 1951 pertain to a list reproduced from Cope's diaries; most of Cope's collection is from the south fork of the arroyo, i.e., near AMNH Quarry 51
vicinity of multiple localities: see Lucas et al. 1981
Williamson and Lucas 1992a report Meniscotherium tapiacitum from NMMNH Loc. 241, which is on the divide between Almagre Arroyo and Arroyo Blanco
possibly relevant record: Diacodon alticuspis Novacek 1982: "Ojo Almagre Quarry"
"Bathmodon sulcidens" Simpson 1951: species not mentioned by Uhen and Gingerich 1995
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Cantius frugivorus
Sammlung Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Almagre (CM 941) Ypresian
zwischen 50.3 und 55.8 Millionen Jahren
San Jose Almagre Locality 1
Kommentar z. Taxonomie
type area of San Jose Fm.
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Largo from at least nine localities that span an area of about 6 miles east-west and 11 miles north-south (Sullivan and Lucas 1988, Fig. 1) Ypresian
zwischen 50.3 und 55.8 Millionen Jahren
San Jose CM 1025, 1026, 1027, 1030, 1031, 1033; Gavilan Arroyo; Meniscotherium Quarry (AMNH Quarry 150, NMMNH Loc. 201)
DUPLICATE REF 2311 or 2312
Kommentar z. Taxonomie
Meniscotherium Quarry records based on Williamson and Lucas 1992a are marked with MQ
based on Haskin 1980, falls mostly or entirely within Simpson Section 1, which entirely overlies all of the main Almagre sections
overlies Almagre local fauna (see)
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Cantius frugivorus

Literatur

P. D. Gingerich, E. L. Simons 1977, Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 24:22, p. 245 - 279
K. C. Beard, E. L. Simons 1988, New notharctine primate fossils from the early Eocene of New Mexico and southern Wyoming and the phylogeny of Notharctinae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75:4, p. 439 - 469
G. F. Gunnell, E. L. Simons 2002, Notharctine primates (Adapiformes) from the early to middle Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) of Wyoming: transitional species and the origins of Notharctus and Smilodectes. Journal of Human Evolution. 43:3, p. 353 - 380