Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
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 insignis, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens
Type specimen: GH Wa287, a mandible (right mandible with I1, P4-M3 and alveoli for P3). Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Walbeck (Weferlingen)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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