†Plesiadapiformes

Alternative phylogeny of Plesiadapiformes after Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999

Alternative phylogeny of Basal Primatomorphs [Plesiadapiformes] after Bloch & Boyer, 2002

<==o †Plesiadapiformes Simons & Tattersall in Simons, 1972
   |-- †Micromomyidae Szalay, 1974
   `--o †Paramomyoidea
      |-- †Paromomyidae Simpson, 1940 [alternative view after McKenna & Bell, 1997]
      |--o †Picromomyidae Rose & Bown, 1996
      |  |-- †Picromomys Rose & Bown, 1996
      |  `-- †Alveojunctus minutus Bown, 1982
      `--+-- †Palaechthonidae Szalay, 1969
         `--+--o †Picrodontidae Simpson, 1937
            |  |?- †Picrodontidae genera et species indet. [Scott & Fox, 2005]
            |  |-- †Draconodus apertus Tomida, 1982 [Picrodus apertus (Tomida, 1982) Williams, 1985]
            |  `--+-- †Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew, 1917
            |     `--o †Picrodus Douglass, 1908 [Megapterna Douglass, 1908]
            |        |-- †P. calgariensis Scott & Fox, 2005 [Picrodus silberlingi Douglass; Scott, 2003]
            |        `--+-- †P. silberlingi Douglass, 1908 [Megapterna minuta Douglass, 1908]
            |           |-- †P. canpacius Scott & Fox, 2005
            |           |-- †P. sp. cf. P. canpacius [Scott & Fox, 2005]
            |           |-- †P. lepidus Scott & Fox, 2005
            |           |-- †P. sp. [Scott & Fox, 2005]
            |           |-- †P. sp. [Scott & Fox, 2005]
            |           `-- †P. sp. indet. [Scott & Fox, 2005]
            |-- †Microsyopidae Osborn & Wortman, 1892 [Osborn, 1892 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
            `--o †Plesiadapoidea Trouessart, 1897 [Plesiadapidae sensu lato]
               |--+?-o †Chronolestes [Chronolestinae]
               |  |  |-- †C. simul
               |  |  `-- †C. oriens
               |  `-- †Plesiadapidae sensu stricto
               `--o †Carpolestoidea Simpson, 1935
                  `-- †Carpolestidae Simpson, 1935 [alternative position after McKenna & Bell, 1997]

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
Scott, C. S. & Fox, R. C., 2005: Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta.
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 79, #4, pp. 635-657

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Plesiadapiformes – plesiadapiforms

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