Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Alternative combination: Pelycodus trigonodus
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
Belongs to Cantius according to G. F. Gunnell 2002
See also Beard 1988, Gingerich and Haskin 1981, Gingerich and Simons 1977, Godinot 1998, Matthew 1915, McKenna 1960 and Prichinello 1971
Sister taxa: Cantius abditus, Cantius actius, Cantius angulatus, Cantius eppsi, Cantius frugivorus, Cantius mckennai, Cantius nunienus, Cantius ralstoni, Cantius savagei, Cantius simonsi, Cantius torresi
Type specimen: AMNH 15017, a partial skull (associated upper and lower jaws). Its type locality is American Museum Dry Camp 1, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwod Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (26: Wyoming collections)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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