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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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