Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: S. López-Torres, M. T. Silcox, and P. A. Holroyd. 2018. New omomyoids (Euprimates, Mammalia) from the late Uintan of southern California, USA, and the question of the extinction of the Paromomyidae (Plesiadapiformes, Primates). Palaeontologia Electronica 21.3.37A:1-28
Belongs to Walshina according to S. López-Torres et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Walshina mcgrewi, Walshina shifrae
Type specimen: LACM 40198, a tooth (left M1/). Its type locality is Tapo Canyon (Upper), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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