Sphacorhysis burntforkensis Gunnell 1995 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1995. Omomyid primates (Tarsiiformes) from the Bridger Formation, middle Eocene, southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Human Evolution 28

Belongs to Sphacorhysis according to G. F. Gunnell 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 30966, a mandible (partial left dentary with alveoli for i1-p3, and p4-m3 intact). Its type locality is UM BRW-264 (Bridger D), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at UM BRW-264 (Bridger D)

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