Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative combination: Menatotherium insigne
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis anceps, Plesiadapis berruensis, Plesiadapis chevillionii, Plesiadapis churchilli, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis dubius, Plesiadapis fodinatus, Plesiadapis gingerichi, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Menat (Dangeard Bakouline collection, Universite de Lyon 1), which is in a Thanetian crater lake horizon in France
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Menat (Dangeard Bakouline collection, Universite de Lyon 1)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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