Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Synonym: Platychoeropidae Lydekker 1887
Parent taxon: Plesiadapoidea according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Beard 1991, Beard 1993, Bloch et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Fox 1990, Gazin 1969, Gingerich 1973, Gingerich 1975, Gunnell 1989, Matthew 1917, Simpson 1936, Simpson 1937, Simpson 1940 and Thewissen et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carpolestidae, Picrodontidae, Saxonellidae
Subtaxa: Asioplesiadapinae Chiromyoides Jattadectes Megachiromyoides Nannodectes Platychoerops Plesiadapis Pronothodectes
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), China (1), France (8), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of Canada (18: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (8), Germany (1), United States (205: California, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 254 collections including 338 occurrences