Jepsenella praepropera Simpson 1940 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1940. Studies on the earliest primates. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(4):185-212

Belongs to Jepsenella according to Simpson 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 35292, a mandible (right lower jaw with M1-3). 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 Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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