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- Ptolemaiida abstract "Ptolemaiida is a taxon of wolf-sized afrothere mammals that lived in northern and eastern Africa during the Paleogene. The oldest fossils are from the latest Eocene strata of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, near the Fayum oasis in Egypt. A tooth is known from an Oligocene-aged stratum in Angola, and Miocene specimens (of Kelba) are known from Kenya and Uganda The origin of the Ptolemaiida is obscure, and debated. The type species was originally thought to be a primate, but, later, when elongated skulls with long canines of Ptolemaia and Qarunavus were found, they were then thought to be hyaenodontids, or giant, carnivorous relatives of the pantolestid, Palaeosinopa, and of modern shrews The family Ptolemaiidae was elevated to order level in 1995, although some experts later placed the Ptolemaiidae within the pantolestids.Recently, Ptolemaiida has been placed within Afrotheria on the basis of paleobiology, as the taxon was endemic to Africa, and because of some similarities in the anatomical features of the skull in common with aardvarks. It is currently unclear if they form a sister taxon to Tubulidentata or are a paraphyletic sequence leading to them. Regardless, their close relation may offer the possibility for true dental synapomorphies in Afroinsectiphilia.As mentioned earlier, there has been much confusion about the origins and even identities of the ptolemaiidans. The first specimen, a set of isolated molar teeth, of the type species, Ptolemaia lyonsi, was originally identified as being a primate, as they were flat and nearly identical to those of primates. Later, when the first skull was found, it was then thought to be a monstrous, wolf-sized shrew, as the skull had long canine fangs, and was very gracile. However, recently, there has been a reconsideration of the ptolemaiidan diet, and possible behavior, as wear on the teeth suggest that it crushed hard or abrasive food, and that the teeth had little or no shearing ability. Even so, some sources still refer to them as being gigantic, carnivorous shrews.".
- Ptolemaiida class Eutheria.
- Ptolemaiida class Mammal.
- Ptolemaiida kingdom Animal.
- Ptolemaiida order Extinction.
- Ptolemaiida phylum Chordate.
- Ptolemaiida thumbnail Ptolemaia_lyonsi_jaw_(cropped).jpg?width=300.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageID "14246003".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageLength "6850".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageOutDegree "47".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageRevisionID "679419760".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Aardvark.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Africa.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Afroinsectiphilia.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Afrotheria.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Canine_tooth.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cenozoic_mammals_of_Africa.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Eocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Miocene_extinctions.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Miocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oligocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ptolemaiidans.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Cleopatrodon.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Egypt.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Elwyn_L._Simons.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Eocene.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Eutheria.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Extinction.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Faiyum.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Fayum.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Gray_wolf.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Fairfield_Osborn.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Hyaenodontidae.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Incertae_sedis.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Jebel_Qatrani_Formation.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Kelba_(genus).
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Kelba_quadeemae.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Mammal.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Miocene.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Orycteropodidae.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Palaeosinopa.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Paleobiology.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Paleogene.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Pantolestidae.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Paraphyletic.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Paraphyly.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Ptolemaia.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Qarunavus.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Soricomorpha.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Tubulidentata.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Type_genus.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Type_species.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLink Wolf.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ptolemaiida".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLinkText "ptolemaiida".
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageWikiLinkText "ptolemaiidans".
- Ptolemaiida clade Afroinsectiphilia.
- Ptolemaiida classis "Mammalia".
- Ptolemaiida fossilRange "Latest Eocene to ?Miocene".
- Ptolemaiida hasPhotoCollection Ptolemaiida.
- Ptolemaiida imageCaption "Lower jaw of Ptolemaia lyonsi".
- Ptolemaiida infraclassis Eutheria.
- Ptolemaiida name "Ptolemaiida".
- Ptolemaiida ordo "†Ptolemaiida".
- Ptolemaiida ordoAuthority "Simons & Bown, 1995".
- Ptolemaiida phylum Chordata.
- Ptolemaiida phylum Chordate.
- Ptolemaiida regnum "Animalia".
- Ptolemaiida subdivision "*Ptolemaiidae (Osborn, 1908) **Cleopatrodon **Ptolemaia *Kelbidae **Kelba *incertae sedis **Qarunavus".
- Ptolemaiida subdivisionRanks "Families and Genera".
- Ptolemaiida unrankedSuperordo Afrotheria.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Distinguish.
- Ptolemaiida wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Paleo-mammal-stub.
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- Ptolemaiida wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Cenozoic_mammals_of_Africa.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Eocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Miocene_extinctions.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Miocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Oligocene_mammals.
- Ptolemaiida subject Category:Ptolemaiidans.
- Ptolemaiida hypernym Taxon.
- Ptolemaiida type Animal.
- Ptolemaiida type Article.
- Ptolemaiida type Eukaryote.
- Ptolemaiida type Mammal.
- Ptolemaiida type Species.
- Ptolemaiida type Article.
- Ptolemaiida type Cimolestan.
- Ptolemaiida type Mammal.
- Ptolemaiida type Thing.
- Ptolemaiida type Q19088.
- Ptolemaiida type Q729.
- Ptolemaiida type Q7377.