†Megadelphus Gunnell 1989 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157
Parent taxon: Microsyopinae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Arctodontomys, Craseops, Microsyops
Subtaxa: Megadelphus lundeliusi
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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