Phoxomylus puncticuspis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: †Plesiadapiformes
Genus: Phoxomylus
Species:Phoxomylus puncticuspis

Name

Phoxomylus puncticuspis Fox, 2011

Holotype: UALVP 50991, left upper molar, probably M1 (only known specimen).

Type locality: Cochrane 2, 0.5 km east of Cochrane, Alberta, in SE1/4. S1, T26, R4, W5, at approximately 1059 m above sea level (Youz− wyshyn 1988; Fox 1990b).

Type horizon: Paskapoo Formation, late Paleocene, earliest Tiffanian NALMA (Plesiadapis praecursor/P. anceps Lineage Zone [Ti1] of Archibald et al. [1987] and Lofgren et al. [2004]).

References

• Fox, R.C. 2011: An unusual early primate from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada. Acta palaeontologica polonica, 56 (1): 1–10. DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0079
• Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Bown, T.M., and Lillegraven, J.A. 197: Eutheria. In: J.A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W.A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-thirds of Mammalian History, 221–258. University of California Press, Berkeley.