Chipetaia

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Chipetaia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: †Omomyidae
Subfamily: †Omomyinae
Tribe: †Utahiini
Genus: †Chipetaia
Rasmussen, 1996
Species:
†C. lamporea
Binomial name
†Chipetaia lamporea
Rasmussen, 1996

Chipetaia is an extinct genus of primate in the family Omomyidae, containing the sole species Chipetaia lamporea, known from the middle Eocene of North America. Described in 1996 by D. Tab Rasmussen, the species is known from fossil teeth, femur fragments and hind foot bones[1][2] Estimates of life weight based on the size of teeth and leg bones range from 500 to 700 g (1.1 to 1.5 lb)[2] to as high as 1,000 g (2.2 lb).[3][4] The genus name honors the Native American Ute diplomat Chipeta, while the specific name is Greek for "of the Shining Mountains," the Ute name for the Rocky Mountains.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Rasmussen, D. Tab (1996). "A new Middle Eocene omomyine primate from the Uinta Basin, Utah". Journal of Human Evolution. 31 (1): 75–87. Bibcode:1996JHumE..31...75R. doi:10.1006/jhev.1996.0051.
  2. ^ a b Dunn, Rachel H.; Sybalsky, Julia M.; Conroy, Glenn C.; Rasmussen, D. Tab (2006). "Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia, relatively large-bodied omomyine primates from the Middle Eocene of Utah". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131 (3): 303–310. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20407. PMID 16617428.
  3. ^ Fleagle, John G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-12-378633-3.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, D. Tab; Conroy, Glenn C.; Friscia, Anthony R.; Townsend, K. Elizabeth; Kinkel, Mary D. (1999). "Mammals of the Middle Eocene Uinta Formation". In Gillette, David D. (ed.). Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah Geological Survey. pp. 407–408. ISBN 1-55791-634-9.


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