Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: M. Jehle, M. Godinot, D. Delsate, A. Phélizon and J.-L. Pellouin. 2018. Evolution of plesiadapid mammals (Eutheria, Euarchonta, Plesiadapiformes) in Europe across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary: implications for phylogeny, biochronology and scenarios of dispersal. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 1-59
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to M. Jehle et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis anceps, Plesiadapis chevillionii, Plesiadapis churchilli, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis dubius, Plesiadapis fodinatus, Plesiadapis gingerichi, Plesiadapis insignis, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimen: MNHN R 401, a mandible (right mandible with I1 P3–4 M1–3). 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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