Choctawius mckennai Szalay 1969 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Alternative combinations: Navajovius mckennai, Niptomomys mckennai

Full reference: F. S. Szalay. 1969. Mixodectidae, Microsyopidae, and the insectivore-primate transition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 140(4):193-330

Belongs to Choctawius according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009

See also Gunnell 1989 and Szalay 1969

Sister taxon: Choctawius foxi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Almagre (Upper Largo), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Almagre (Upper Largo)

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