Micromomyidae

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Micromomyidae 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 ma' 3 superfamilji Carpolestoidea, Paramomyoidea u Plesiadapoidea.

Il-familja Micromomyidae hija l-unika familja ta' l-ordni Plesiadapiformes li m' hijiex miġbura f'superfamilja. Micromomyidae tikkonsisti minn, 3 ġeneri li (Chaliconomys, Micromomys u Tinimomys) u bosta speċi kollha estinti.

(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)

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

  • Familja Micromomyidae
    • Ġeneru Chaliconomys (Beard & Houde,1989)
      • Chaliconomys antelucanus (Beard & Houde,1989)
      • Chaliconomys willwoodensis (Bown & Rose,1982)
    • Ġeneru Micromomys (Szalay,1973)
      • Micromomys fremdi (Fox,1984)
      • Micromomys silvercouleei (Szalay,1973)
      • Micromomys vossae (Krause,1978)
    • Ġeneru Tinimomys (Szalay,1974)
      • Tinimomys graybulliensis (Szalay,1974)
      • Tinimomys loomisi (Robinson,1994)

[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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