Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae
Alternative combination: Micromomys millennius
Full reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192
Belongs to Dryomomys according to S. G. B. Chester and J. I. Bloch 2013
See also Secord 2008
Sister taxa: Dryomomys dulcifer, Dryomomys szalayi, Dryomomys willwoodensis
Type specimen: UM 109659, a mandible (Right dentary with p3-m2). Its type locality is Y2K Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siltstone in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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