Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Alternative combination: Pelycodus abditus
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279
Belongs to Cantius according to P. D. Gingerich and R. A. Haskin 1981
See also Gingerich and Simons 1977
Sister taxa: Cantius actius, Cantius angulatus, Cantius eppsi, Cantius frugivorus, Cantius mckennai, Cantius nunienus, Cantius ralstoni, Cantius savagei, Cantius simonsi, Cantius torresi, Cantius trigonodus
Type specimen: UM 66000, a mandible (right and left mandibles). Its type locality is Reservoir Creek Bonanza, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (99: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 99 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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