Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: D. M. Boyer, L. Costeur, and Y. Lipman. 2012. Earliest record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), a new species from Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149(3):329-346
Belongs to Platychoerops according to D. M. Boyer et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Platychoerops boyeri, Platychoerops daubrei, Platychoerops richardsoni, Platychoerops russelli, Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens)
Type specimen: NMB Bru4, a set of teeth (Right lower p3-m3). Its type locality is Mont Berru, which is in a Thanetian fluvial conglomerate in the Sables de Bracheux Formation of France.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Mont Berru
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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