Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae
Alternative combinations: Chalicomomys willwoodensis, Micromomys willwoodensis
Full reference: K. D. Rose and T. M. Bown. 1982. New Plesiadapiform Primates from the Eocene of Wyoming and Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):63-69
Belongs to Dryomomys according to S. G. B. Chester and J. I. Bloch 2013
See also Beard and Houde 1989, Robinson 1994, Rose and Bown 1982 and Rose and Bown 1996
Sister taxa: Dryomomys dulcifer, Dryomomys millennius, Dryomomys szalayi
Type specimen: PU 17732, a mandible (left dentary with P4, alveoli for M1, and roots of M2). Its type locality is SC-2, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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