†Loveina zephyri Simpson 1940 (tarsier)
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Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Synonym: Tetonius barbeyi Seton 1940
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1940. Studies on the earliest primates. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(4):185-212
Belongs to Loveina according to P. A. Holroyd and S. G. Strait 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Bown and Rose 1984, Gazin 1958 and Szalay 1976
Sister taxa: Loveina hemphilli, Loveina minuta, Loveina sheai, Loveina wapitiensis
Type specimens:
- Loveina zephyri: Amer. Mus. No. 32517, a mandible (left lower jaw with P3-M1). Its type locality is East Fork (Wind River), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.
- Tetonius barbeyi:
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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