Microsyopidae

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Microsyopidae hija familja ta' mammiferi plaċentati estinti, eżattament uħud mill-mammiferi li huma l-aktar relatati fil-qrib mal-primati il-familja tax-xadini, jekk mhux saħansitra, l-prekursuri tagħhom.

Din il-familja qegħda kklassifikata fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fis-superordni Euarchontoglires u fl-ordni Plesiadapiformes u fis-superfamilja Paramomyoidea, ma' familji li huma Paromomyidae, Picromomyidae, Palaechthonidae, Picrodontidae u Microsyopidae.

Il-familja Microsyopidae hija l-akbar familja tal-ordni Plesiadapiformes kemm fin-numru ta' ġeneri kif ukoll fin-numru ta' speċi. Din tikkonsisti minn 3 sottofamilji (Toliapininae, Uintasoricinae u Microsyopinae), 2 tribujiet (Navajoviini u Uintasoricini), 13-il ġeneru (Altiatlasius, Avenius, Berruvius, Sarnacius, Seia, Toliapina, Navajovius, Uintasorex, Niptomomys, Arctodontomys, Craseops, Megadelphus u Microsyops) u bosta speċi kollha estinti.

(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)

[editja] Lista ta' l-ispeċi fil-familja Microsyopidae

[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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