†Choctawius mckennai Szalay 1969 (primate)
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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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