Periconodon lemoinei Gingerich 1977 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Alternative combination: Protoadapis lemoinei

Belongs to Periconodon according to M. Godinot 1998

See also Tattersall and Schwartz 1983

Sister taxa: Periconodon helleri, Periconodon helveticus, Periconodon huerzeleri, Periconodon jaegeri

Type specimen: Louis coll. Gr-106, a tooth (isolated lower right molar). Its type locality is Carrière "Grauves", which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Carrière "Grauves"

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