Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Baataromomys brandti
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1993. Early Eocene Teilhardina brandti: oldest omomyid primate from North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(13):321-326
Belongs to Teilhardina according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Morse et al. 2019, Ni et al. 2007 and Rose et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Teilhardina asiatica, Teilhardina belgica, Teilhardina demissa, Teilhardina gingerichi, Teilhardina magnoliana, Teilhardina tenuicula
Type specimen: UM 99031, a tooth (right [lower] M2). Its type locality is SC-351, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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