†Platychoerops richardsoni Charlesworth 1855 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Alternative combination: Platychoerops richardsonii

Synonym: Miolophus planiceps Owen 1865 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Platychoerops according to D. M. Boyer et al. 2012

See also Gingerich 1976 and Lydekker 1885

Sister taxa: Platychoerops antiquus, Platychoerops boyeri, Platychoerops daubrei, Platychoerops russelli, Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens)

Type specimens:

  • Platychoerops richardsoni: York Museum 520, a maxilla (palate with second and third true molars of both sides, and on the right side the fourth premolar and alveoli of pm3 and m1). Its type locality is Herne Bay (London Clay), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Miolophus planiceps:

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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