Altanius orlovi Dashzeveg and McKenna 1977 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg and M. C. McKenna. 1977. Tarsioid primate from the Early Tertiary of the Mongolian People’s Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 22(2):119-137

Belongs to Altanius according to K. D. Rose and D. W. Krause 1984

See also Hooker 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ASMPR GISPS coll. 7, no. 20-8, a mandible (incomplete dentary with P4M1-3). Its type locality is Tsagan Khushu Quarry 1 [SMPE], which is in a Bumbanian terrestrial gravel in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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