†Chalicomomys Beard and Houde 1989 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard and P. Houde. 1989. An unusual assemblage of diminutive plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, ?Primates) from the early Eocene of the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):388-399
Parent taxon: Micromomyidae according to K. C. Beard and P. Houde 1989
See also Bloch et al. 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rose and Bown 1996
Sister taxa: Dryomomys, Foxomomys, Micromomyinae, Micromomys, Tinimomys
Subtaxa: Chalicomomys antelucanus
Type: Chalicomomys antelucanus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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