Ignacius
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Ignacius huwa ġeneru ta' mammiferi plaċentati estinti, eżattament uħud mill-mammiferi li huma l-aktar relatati fil-qrib mal-primati il-familja tax-xadini, jekk mhux saħansitra, l-prekursuri tagħhom.
Dan il-ġeneru qiegħed ikklassifikat fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fis-superordni Euarchontoglires, fl-ordni Plesiadapiformes, fis-superfamilja Paramomyoidea, fil-familja Paromomyidae, fis-sottofamilja Phenacolemurinae u fit-tribù Phenacolemurini ma' 4 ġeneri oħra (Dillerlemur, Arcius, Phenacolemur u Pulverflemun).
Il-ġeneru fossilu Ignacius fin-numru ta' speċi flimkien mal-ġeenru Ignacius huwa t-tieni l-akbarar fost il-ħamsa li hemm fit-tribù Phenacolemurini. Dan il-ġeneru jikkonsisti minn 4 speċi kollha estinti.
(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)
[editja] Lista ta' l-ispeċi fil-ġeneru Ignacius
- Ġeneru Ignacius (Granger & Matthew,1921)
- Ignacius fremontensis (Gazin,1971)
- Ignacius frugivorus (Granger & Matthew,1921)
- Ignacius greybullianus (Bown & Rose,1976)
- Ignacius mcgrewi
[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
