Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Absarokius witteri
Full reference: W. J. Morris. 1954. An Eocene Fauna from the Cathedral Bluffs Tongue of the Washakie Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 28(2):195-203
Belongs to Artimonius according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002
See also Morris 1954
Sister taxa: Artimonius australis, Artimonius nocerai
Type specimen: YPM-PU 14972, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p3-p4, m2-m3 and alveoli for the anterior teeth and m1). Its type locality is Cathedral Bluffs (UNSM), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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