Microsyops angustidens type locality (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as 5 Miles South of Otto

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 91.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• "Gray Bull beds of the Wasatch Formation"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: F. S. Szalay. 1969. Mixodectidae, Microsyopidae, and the insectivore-primate transition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 140(4):193-330 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88209: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops angustidens n. sp. Matthew 1915 primate