Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Microsyopoidea

After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999

<==o †Microsyopoidea Osborn & Wortman, 1892 [Microsyopidae Osborn & Wortman, 1892 sensu Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999]
   |--o †Picromomyidae Rose & Bown, 1996
   |  |-- †Picromomys Rose & Bown, 1996
   |  `-- †Alveojunctus minutus Bown, 1982
   |--o †Toliapinidae Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999
   |  |?- †Seia shahi Russell & Gingerich, 1981 [formerly an erinaceomorph insectivoran]
   |  |-- †Berruvius lasseroni Russell, 1964 [a navajoviine sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
   |  |-- †Sarnacius gingerichi (Russell, 1981) Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999 [B. gingerichi]
   |  `--+-- †Altiatlasius koulchii Sigé, Jaeger, Sudre & Vianey-Liaud, 1990 [formerly an omomyid primate]
   |     `--+-- †Avenius amatorum Russell, Phélizon & Louis, 1992; L. Eoc. Eu.
   |        `--o †Toliapina Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999
   |           |-- †T. vinealis Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999
   |           `-- †T. lawsoni Hooker, Russell & Phélizon, 1999
   `--o †Microsyopidae Osborn & Wortman, 1892 [non Microsyopidae Osborn, 1892 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
      |--o †Uintasoricinae Szalay, 1969 [incl. Navajoviinae Gunnell, 1989]
      |  |?- †Avenius amatorum Russell, Phélizon & Louis, 1992; L. Eoc. Eu.
      |  |--o †Choctawius Beard & Dawson, 2009
      |  |  |-- †C. foxi Beard & Dawson, 2009
      |  |  `-- †C. mckennai (Szalay, 1969)
      |  `--+-- †Navajovius kohlhaasae Matthew & Granger, 1921 [Navajoviini Szalay & Delson, 1979 ] [Navajoviinae Gunnell, 1989]
      |     `--o †Uintasoricini Szalay, 1969 [Uintasoricinae Szalay, 1969]
      |        |--o †Niptomomys McKenna, 1960
      |        |  |-- †N. doreenae McKenna, 1960
      |        |  `-- †N. thelmae
      |        `--+-- †Nanomomys thermophilus Rose et al., 2012
      |           `--+-- †Bartelsia pentadactyla Gunnell, 2012
      |              `-- †Uintasorex parvulus Matthew, 1909b
      `--o †Microsyopinae (Osborn & Wortman, 1892) Matthew, 1915 [non Microsyopinae (Osborn, 1892) Matthew, 1915 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
         |--o †Arctodontomys Gunnell, 1985
         |  |-- †A. wilsoni (Szalay, 1969) [Microsyops wilsoni]
         |  |-- †A. simplicidens (Rose, 1981) [Microsyops simplicidens]
         |  `-- †A. nuptus (Cope 1882) [Cynodontomys nuptus; Diacodexis nuptus; Pantolestes nuptus]
         `--+--o †Microsyops Leidy, 1872 [Bathrodon Marsh, 1872; Mesacodon Marsh, 1872; Palaeacodon Leidy, 1872; Cynodontomys Cope, 1882]
            |  |-- †M. angustidens Matthew, 1915 [Cynodontomys alfi McKenna, 1960; Microsyops alfi (McKenna, 1960)]
            |  |-- †M. annectens (Marsh, 1872 [Microsyops schlosseri Wortman, 1903; Bathrodon annectens]
            |  |-- †M. cardiorestes Gunnell, 1989
            |  |-- †M. elegans (Marsh, 1871) [Bathrodon typus Marsh, 1872; Mesacodon speciosus Marsh, 1872; Microsyops gracilis Leidy, 1872; Microsyops speciosus Marsh, 1872; Microsyops typus Marsh, 1872; Microsyops verus Leidy, 1872; Palaeacodon verus Leidy, 1872]
            |  |-- †M. knightensis Gazin, 1952
            |  |-- †M. kratos Stock, 1938
            |  |-- †M. latidens (Cope, 1882) [Cynodontomys latidens Cope, 1882; Notharctus cingulatus Loomis, 1906; Notharctus palmidens Loomis, 1906]
            |  `-- †M. scottianus (Cope, 1881) [Cynodontomys scottianus Cope, 1881]
            `--+-- †Megadelphus lundeliusi (White, 1952) Gunnell, 1989 [Cynodontomys lundeliusi; Microsyops lundeliusi]
               `-- †Craseops sylvestris Stock, 1932

<==oPlesiadapiformes
   |-- †Purgatorius
   `--+-- †Palaechtha
      `--+-- †Palenochtha
         `--+--o †Micromomyidae
            |  |-- †Tinimomys
            |  `-- †Micromomys
            `--+-- †Choctawius
               `--+-- †Navajovius
                  `--+-- †Niptomomys
                     `--+-- †Nanomomys
                        `--+--+-- †Bartelsia
                           |  `-- †Uintasorex
                           `--+-- †Alveojunctus
                              `-- †Picromomys

Reference(s):

• 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.
• Gazin, C. L., 1976: Mammalian faunal zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene.
  –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 26, pp. iv-25
• Gunnell, G. F., 2012: New Uintasoricine (?Primates, Plesiadapiformes) from the Earliest Bridgerian, Latest Early Eocene of Wyoming.
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 86, #6, pp. 973-978 [doi: 10.1666/12-022R.1]
• Hooker, J. J., Russell, D. E. & Phélizon, A., 1999: A new family of Plesiadapiformes (Mammalia) from the old world Lower Paleocene.
  –Palaeontology: Vol. 42, #3, pp. 377-407
• McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., eds., 1997: Classification of mammals; above the species level.
  –Columbia University Press, New York, 1997.
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629
• Zonneveld, J.-P., Gunnell, G. F. & Bartels, W. S., 2000: Early Eocene fossil vertebrates from the southwestern Green River basin, Lincoln and Uinta Counties, Wyoming.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 20, #2, pp. 369-386