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 Platychoerops according to E. De Bast et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Platychoerops antiquus, Platychoerops daubrei, Platychoerops richardsoni, Platychoerops russelli, Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens)
Type specimen: RIV.PPV0719, a tooth (RI1). 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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