Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Synonym: Huerfanius Robinson 1966
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. - Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivora (part). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(14):429-483
Parent taxon: Uintaniini according to J. J. Hooker 2007
See also Beard 1987, Beard et al. 1992, Gunnell and Rose 2002, Matthew 1915, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muldoon and Gunnell 2002, Simpson 1940 and Szalay 1976
Sister taxon: Jemezius
Subtaxa: Uintanius ameghini Uintanius rutherfurdi
Type: Uintanius ameghini
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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