Ignacius
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ignacius is a genus of extinct mammal from the early Cenozoic era. This genus is present in the fossil record from around 62-33 Ma (late Torrejonian-Chadronian North American Land Mammals Ages).[3][4] The earliest known specimens of Ignacius come from the Torrejonian of the Fort Union Formation, Wyoming[5] and the most recent known specimens from Ellesmere Island in northern Canada.[1] Ignacius is one of ten genera within the family Paromomyidae, the longest living family of any plesiadapiforms, persisting for around 30 Ma during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.[6] The analyses of postcranial fossils by paleontologists suggest that members of the family Paromomyidae, including the genus Ignacius, most likely possessed adaptations for arboreality.[7]
Ignacius | |
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Restoration of Ignacius graybullianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
Family: | †Paromomyidae |
Tribe: | †Phenacolemurini |
Genus: | †Ignacius Matthew and Granger, 1921[1][2] |
Type species | |
†Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger, 1921 | |
Species | |
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