Arctodontomys Gunnell 1985 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71

Parent taxon: Microsyopinae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Gunnell 1985, Lucas and Froehlich 1989, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rose et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Craseops, Megadelphus, Microsyops

Subtaxa: Arctodontomys nuptus Arctodontomys simplicidens Arctodontomys wilsoni

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (58: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

• Clarkforkian of United States (11: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 70 collections including 71 occurrences

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