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Plesiadapiformes
Taxonomy
Plesiadapiformes was named by Simons and Tattersall (1972). It was considered monophyletic by Beard (1993).
It was replaced with Paromomyiformes by Szalay (1973); it was reranked as the infraorder Plesiadapiformes by Gingerich (1975) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979).
It was assigned to Plesitarsiiformes by Gingerich (1975); to Prosimii by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Dermoptera by Beard (1993); and to Primates by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1989), Fox (1991), Tabuce et al. (2004), Fox et al. (2010) and Fox (2011).
It was replaced with Paromomyiformes by Szalay (1973); it was reranked as the infraorder Plesiadapiformes by Gingerich (1975) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979).
It was assigned to Plesitarsiiformes by Gingerich (1975); to Prosimii by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Dermoptera by Beard (1993); and to Primates by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1989), Fox (1991), Tabuce et al. (2004), Fox et al. (2010) and Fox (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Plesiadapiformes Simons and Tattersall |
| 1975 | Plesiadapiformes Gingerich p. 136 |
| 1975 | Plesiadapiformes McKenna p. 42 |
| 1979 | Plesiadapiformes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
| 1988 | Plesiadapiformes Carroll |
| 1989 | Plesiadapiformes Gunnell p. 11 |
| 1991 | Plesiadapiformes Fox p. 334 |
| 1993 | Plesiadapiformes Beard |
| 2004 | Plesiadapiformes Tabuce et al. p. 306 |
| 2010 | Plesiadapiformes Fox et al. p. 869 |
| 2011 | Plesiadapiformes Fox p. 2 |
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