Elphidotarsius

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Elphidotarsius huwa ġeneru ta' mammiferi plaċentati estinti, eżattament uħud mill-mammiferi li huma l-aktar relatati fil-qrib mal-primati il-familja tax-xadini.

Dan il-ġeneru qiegħed kklassifikata fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fis-superordni Euarchontoglires, fl-ordni Plesiadapiformes, fis-superfamilja Carpolestoidea, fil-familja Carpolestidae u fis-sottofamilja Carpolestinae ma' 4 ġeneri oħra (Carpodaptes, Carpolestes, Carpomegodon u Carpocristes).

Il-ġeneru fossilu Elphidotarsius jiġbor fiħ 4 speċi, estintI.

(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)

[editja] Lista ta' l-ispeċi fil-ġeneru Elphidotarsius

  • Ġeneru Elphidotarsius (Gidley.1923)
    • Elphidotarsius florencae (Gidley,1923)
    • Elphidotarsius russelli (Krause,1978)
    • Elphidotarsius shotgunensis (Gazin,1971)
    • Elphidotarsius wightoni (Fox,1984)

[editja] Referenzi

  • Tassonomija tal-Mammiferi.
  • 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

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