Plesiadapis russelli Gingerich 1976 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15:1-141

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 simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Meudon, which is in a Ypresian marine conglomerate in the Vaugirard Formation of France

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Meudon

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