†Picrodus Douglass 1908 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Synonym: Megopterna Douglass 1908
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1908. Vertebrate fossils from the Fort Union beds. Annals of Carnegie Museum 5(2):11-26
Parent taxon: Picrodontidae according to B. J. Burger 2013
See also Douglass 1908, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott and Fox 2005 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Draconodus, Russellodon, Zanycteris
Subtaxa: Picrodus calgariensis Picrodus canpacius Picrodus lepidus Picrodus silberlingi
Type: Picrodus silberlingi
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta collections), United States (17: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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