Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1973. First record of the Palaeocene primate Chiromyoides from North America. Nature 244:517-518
Belongs to Chiromyoides according to P. D. Gingerich 1975
See also Gingerich 1973
Sister taxa: Chiromyoides campanicus, Chiromyoides gigas, Chiromyoides gingerichi, Chiromyoides kesiwah, Chiromyoides major, Chiromyoides mauberti, Chiromyoides minor, Chiromyoides potior
Type specimen: P.U. No. 21575, a tooth (left upper central incisor). Its type locality is Croc Tooth Quarry, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Paleocene of United States (7: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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