†Carpolestes twelvemilensis Mattingly et al. 2017 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Full reference: S. G. Mattingly, O. Sanisidro, and K. C. Beard. 2017. A new species of Carpolestes (Mammalia, Plesiadapoidea) from the late Paleocene of southern Wyoming: assessing changes in size and shape during the evolution of a key anatomical feature. Historical Biology
Belongs to Carpolestes according to S. G. Mattingly et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Carpolestes dubius, Carpolestes nigridens, Carpolestes simpsoni
Type specimen: CM 89403, a mandible. Its type locality is Twelvemile Bonanza, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Twelvemile Bonanza
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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