Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Mytonius hopsoni
Full reference: P. Robinson. 1968. The paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 39(19):307-326
Belongs to Ourayia according to G. F. Gunnell 1995
See also Krishtalka 1978, Robinson 1968, Szalay 1976 and West 1982
Sister taxon: Ourayia uintensis
Type specimen: YPM 15266, a mandible (fragment of right jaw with P4-M2). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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