Mescalerolemur Kirk and Williams 2011 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: E. C. Kirk and B. A. Williams. 2011. New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil’s Graveyard Formation of Texas. Journal of Human Evolution 61(2):156-168

Parent taxon: Adapiformes according to E. C. Kirk and B. A. Williams 2011

Sister taxa: Adapidae, Adapoidea, Caenopithecinae, Ekgmowechashalidae, Lushius, Mahgarita, Omanodon, Pronycticebinae, Sivaladapidae, Sivaladapinae

Subtaxa: Mescalerolemur horneri

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Type: Mescalerolemur horneri

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Purple Bench (Eocene of Texas)

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