Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Anaptomorphus insignis
Synonyms: Shoshonius laurae Simpson 1959, Washakius laurae Simpson 1959
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358
Belongs to Washakius according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002
See also Bown 1982, Gunnell et al. 1992, Hay 1902, Honey 1990, Leidy 1873, Szalay 1976 and Wortman 1904
Sister taxa: Washakius izetti, Washakius woodringi
Type specimens:
- Washakius insignis: ANSP 10332, a mandible (portion of right ramus of mandible with M3 and M3)
- Shoshonius laurae: AMNH 55672. Its type locality is Morrow Creek Locality 10, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (42: Wyoming collections)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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