Chipetaia Rasmussen 1996 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen. 1996. A new Middle Eocene omomyine primate from the Uinta Basin, Utah. Journal of Human Evolution 31

Parent taxon: Omomyinae according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002

See also Gunnell and Rose 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rasmussen 1996

Sister taxa: Asiomomys, Brontomomys, Diablomomys, Ekwiiyemakius, Gunnelltarsius, Macrotarsiini, Nesomomys, Omomyini, Ourayiini, Rooneyiini, Uintaniini, Utahiini, Washakiini

Subtaxa: Chipetaia lamporea

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Type: Chipetaia lamporea

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gnat-Out-Of-Hell (Eocene of Utah)

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