Chiromyoides campanicus Stehlin 1916 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Alternative combination: Plesiadapis campanicus

Belongs to Chiromyoides according to P. D. Gingerich 1976

See also Gingerich 1973 and Gingerich 1975

Sister taxa: Chiromyoides caesor, Chiromyoides gigas, Chiromyoides gingerichi, Chiromyoides kesiwah, Chiromyoides major, Chiromyoides mauberti, Chiromyoides minor, Chiromyoides potior

Type specimen: NMB Cy-153, a mandible (nearly complete left mandible with I1, P3-4, and M1-3). Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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