Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Alternative spelling: Phenacolemur (Ignacius)
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7
Parent taxon: Paromomyidae according to C. S. Scott et al. 2023
See also Bloch et al. 2007, Bown and Rose 1976, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1930, Krause 1978, Krishtalka 1978, Krishtalka et al. 1975, Matthew and Granger 1921, McKenna 1963, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968, Robinson and Ivy 1994, Rose et al. 2012, Schiebout 1974, Scott et al. 2013, Secord 1998, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1936, Simpson 1940 and Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Acidomomys, Arcius, Dianomomys, Edworthia, Palaechthonini, Paromomyini, Phenacolemur leonardi, Phenacolemurinae, Purgatoriinae, Paromomys
Subtaxa: Ignacius clarkforkensis Ignacius dawsonae Ignacius fremontensis Ignacius frugivorus Ignacius glenbowensis Ignacius graybullianus Ignacius mckennai
Type: Ignacius frugivorus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (1), United States (23: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (15: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (24: California, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 73 collections including 79 occurrences
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