Elphidotarsius florencae Gidley 1923 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae

Belongs to Elphidotarsius according to G. G. Simpson 1937

See also Alroy 2002

Sister taxa: Elphidotarsius russelli, Elphidotarsius shotgunensis, Elphidotarsius wightoni

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 9411, a mandible (left lower jaw with P4-M3). Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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