Carpolestes
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Carpolestes huwa ġeneru ta' mammiferi plaċentati estinti, eżattament uħud mill-mammiferi li huma l-aktar relatati fil-qrib mal-primati il-familja tax-xadini.
Dan il-ġeneru qiegħed kklassifikata fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fis-superordni Euarchontoglires, fl-ordni Plesiadapiformes, fis-superfamilja Carpolestoidea, fil-familja Carpolestidae u fis-sottofamilja Carpolestinae ma' 4 ġeneri oħra (Carpodaptes, Carpocristes, Carpomegodon u Elphidotarsius).
Il-ġeneru fossilu Carpolestes jiġbor fiħ 3 speċi, estintI.
(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)
[editja] Lista ta' l-ispeċi fil-ġeneru Carpolestes
- Ġeneru Carpolestes (Simpson,1928)
- Carpolestes dubius (Jepsen,1930)
- Carpolestes nigridens (Simpson,1928)
- Carpolestes simpsoni (Bloch & Gingerich,1998)
[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
