†Petrolemur brevirostre Tong 1979 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Petrolemuridae
Full reference: Y.-S. Tong. 1979. A Late Paleocene Primate from S. China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(1):65-70
Belongs to Petrolemur according to M. Godinot 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V5298, a maxilla (left maxilla with associated C-M3). Its type locality is Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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