Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Alternative combination: Elwynella aureus
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 Elwynella according to P. Robinson and L. D. Ivy 1994
See also Rose and Bown 1982
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USGS 2351, a mandible (right dentary with incisor, M1-2, and alveoli for P3-4 and M3). Its type locality is Vass Quarry, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Aycross Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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