Ptolemaiidae

Ptolemaia lyonsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ptolemaiida

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: †Ptolemaiida

Familia: †Ptolemaiidae
Genera: †Cleopatrodon – †Ptolemaia – ?†Qarunavus

Name

Ptolemaiidae Osborn, 1908

Type genus: Ptolemaia Osborn, 1908, by monotypy

References

Primary references

• Osborn, H.F. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16): 265–272. hdl: 2246/1439 Reference page.  [p. 267]

Additional references

• Simons, E.L. & Bown, T.M. 1995. Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia—with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92(8): 3269–73. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.8.3269 ResearchGate Reference page.