†family Carpolestidae Simpson 1935 (primate)
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Parent taxon: Plesiadapoidea according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Beard 1993, Bloch et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1989, Simpson 1936, Simpson 1937, Simpson 1940 and Thewissen et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Picrodontidae, Plesiadapidae, Saxonellidae
Subtaxa: Carpolestinae Chronolestes Chronolestinae Parvocristes
Type: Carpolestinae
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (22: Montana, Wyoming)
• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (17: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (2), United States (45: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 91 collections including 104 occurrences