Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Synonym: Litotherium Simpson 1929
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A new mammalian fauna from the Fort Union of southern Montana. American Museum Novitates 297:1-15
Parent taxon: Carpolestinae according to K. C. Beard et al. 2016
See also Beard and Wang 1995, Bloch and Gingerich 1998, Gingerich 1987, Gunnell 1989, Jepsen 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose 1975, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929, Simpson 1937, Simpson 1940 and Van Valen 1994
Sister taxa: Carpocristes, Carpodaptes, Elphidotarsius, Subengius
Subtaxa: Carpolestes dubius Carpolestes nigridens Carpolestes simpsoni Carpolestes twelvemilensis
Type: Carpolestes nigridens
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (22: Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (20: Wyoming)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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