Darwinius masillae

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Adapiformes
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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: †Adapiformes

Familia: †Notharctidae
Subfamilia: Cercamoniinae
Genus: †Darwinius
Species: †Darwinius masillae

Type locality: early Geiseltalian, early Middle Eocene; Messel Formation (middle part of section); Grube Messel, Messel, South Hessen, Germany; 49°55′7″ North, 8°45′22″ East.

Holotype: Geological Museum, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway PMO 214.214 (part)
Holotype: Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Messel Grube collection WDC-MG-210

Franzen, J.L., Gingerich, P.D., Habersetzer, J., Hurum, J.H., von Koenigswald, W. & Smith, B.H. 2009. Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5723. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005723 [electronic only publication, but name available from a print run of this article published separately on 21st May 2009] Reference page.