Biology:Uintanius
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Scientific classification 
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Jemezius szalayi Huerfanius rutherfurdi | |
Uintanius is a genus of omomyine primate known from Eocene North America.[1]
Description
Uintanius has been compared to Omomys in dentition, with both genera bearing low crowned molars (a trait nearly exclusive to them among the omomyines).[2]
Classification
The positioning of Uintanius on the omomyid family tree has been contested, with some phylogenies placing the genus with the anaptomorphines,[3] while others return it as a basal omomyine.[4][3] The unique morphology of Uintanius has caused it to be grouped in the tribe Uintaniini alongside Altanius,[2] though the nature of Altanius as an incartae sedis may bring that classification into question.[5] Another genus of uintaniin, Jemezius, has been synonymized with Uintanius.[2]
References
- ↑ "Record Uintanius ameghini Wortman, 1904 | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_13669105.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hooker, J. J. (2007). "A New Microchoerine Omomyid (primates, Mammalia) from the English Early Eocene and Its Palaeobiogeographical Implications" (in en). Palaeontology 50 (3): 739–756. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00655.x. ISSN 1475-4983. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00655.x.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tornow, Matthew A. (2008). "Systematic Analysis of the Eocene Primate Family Omomyidae Using Gnathic and Postcranial Data" (in en). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 49 (1): 43–129. doi:10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[43:SAOTEP2.0.CO2]. ISSN 0079-032X. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008BPMNH..49...43T/abstract.
- ↑ Williams, Blythe A.; Kirk, E. Christopher (2008-12-01). "New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene". Journal of Human Evolution 55 (6): 927–941. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.07.007. ISSN 0047-2484. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248408001383.
- ↑ Gingerich, Philip D.; Dashzeveg, Demberelyin; Russell, Donald E. (1991-01-01). "Dentition and systematic relationships of Altanius orlovi (Mammalia, Primates) from the early Eocene of Mongolia". Geobios 24 (5): 637–646. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(91)80029-Y. ISSN 0016-6995. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001669959180029Y.
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