Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Alternative combinations: Pelycodus frugivorus, Tomitherium frugivorum
Synonym: Copelemur feretutus Gingerich and Simons 1977
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37
Belongs to Cantius according to G. F. Gunnell 2002
See also Beard 1988, Cope 1875, Gingerich and Simons 1977, Godinot 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1915, Osborn 1902 and Osborn 1902
Sister taxa: Cantius abditus, Cantius actius, Cantius angulatus, Cantius eppsi, Cantius mckennai, Cantius nunienus, Cantius ralstoni, Cantius savagei, Cantius simonsi, Cantius torresi, Cantius trigonodus
Type specimens:
- Cantius frugivorus: Its type locality is Almagre Arroyo (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
- Copelemur feretutus: ACM 4326, a tooth (isolated right [lower] M1). Its type locality is Lysite, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (56: Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
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