Jemezius Beard 1987 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: K. C. Beard. 1987. Jemezius, a new omomyid primate from the early Eocene of northwestern New Mexico. Journal of Human Evolution 16(6):457-468

Parent taxon: Uintaniini according to J. J. Hooker 2007

See also Beard 1987, Gunnell and Rose 2002 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxon: Uintanius

Subtaxa: Jemezius szalayi

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Type: Jemezius szalayi

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Almagre (CM 1019) (Eocene of New Mexico)

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