Micromomys Szalay 1973 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae

Full reference: F. S. Szalay. 1973. New Paleocene Primates and a diagnosis of the new suborder Paromomyiformes. Folia Primatologica 19:73-87

Parent taxon: Micromomyidae according to J. J. Hooker et al. 1999

See also Gunnell 1989, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose and Bown 1982, Szalay 1973 and Szalay 1974

Sister taxa: Chalicomomys, Dryomomys, Foxomomys, Micromomyinae, Tinimomys

Subtaxa: Micromomys silvercouleei

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Type: Micromomys silvercouleei

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Princeton Quarry (Paleocene of Wyoming)

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