Phenacolemur Matthew 1915 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. - Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivora (part). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(14):429-483

Parent taxon: Phenacolemurini according to P. Robinson and L. D. Ivy 1994

See also Gunnell 1989, Hay 1930, Matthew 1915, Matthew 1917, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968, Rose et al. 2012, Simpson 1936 and Simpson 1940

Sister taxa: Dillerlemur, Pulverflumen

Subtaxa: Phenacolemur archus Phenacolemur fortior Phenacolemur lapparenti Phenacolemur praecox Phenacolemur simonsi

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Type: Phenacolemur praecox

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections), United States (38: Wyoming)

• Clarkforkian of United States (15: Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 58 collections including 61 occurrences

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