Teilhardina brandti Gingerich 1993 (tarsier)

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 Ni et al. 2007 and Rose et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Teilhardina americana, Teilhardina asiatica, Teilhardina belgica, Teilhardina crassidens, 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

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