†subfamily Plesiolestinae Gunnell 1989 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157

Parent taxon: Palaechthonidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Fox 2011

Sister taxa: Anasazia, Palaechthoninae

Subtaxa: Phoxomylus Plesiolestes

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (19: Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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