†Strigorhysis huerfanensis Bown and Rose 1987 (tarsier)
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Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162
Belongs to Strigorhysis according to T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose 1987
Sister taxa: Strigorhysis bridgerensis, Strigorhysis rugosus
Type specimen: AMNH 55218, a partial skull (fragmentary left mandible with p4-m3 and right maxillary fragment preserving P3-4 (damaged), M2-3). Its type locality is Huerfano I, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Huerfano Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution: found only at Huerfano I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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