Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: E. De Bast, C. Gagnaison, and T. Smith. 2018. Plesiadapid mammals from the latest Paleocene of France offer new insights on the evolution of Plesiadapis during the Paleocene-Eocene transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38:e1460602:1-22
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to E. De Bast et al. 2018
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 praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimen: RIV.PPV0544, a tooth (Left p4). Its type locality is Petit Pâtis, Rivecourt, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in France.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Petit Pâtis, Rivecourt
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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