Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative spelling: Platychaerops
Synonym: Miolophus Owen 1865 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Plesiadapidae according to D. M. Boyer et al. 2012
See also Boyer et al. 2012, Gingerich 1976, Gunnell 1989, Hooker 1994, Lydekker 1885, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1937 and Simpson 1940
Sister taxa: Asioplesiadapinae, Chiromyoides, Jattadectes, Megachiromyoides, Nannodectes, Plesiadapis, Pronothodectes, Trogolemur
Subtaxa: Platychoerops antiquus Platychoerops boyeri Platychoerops daubrei Platychoerops richardsoni Platychoerops russelli Plesiadapis (Subunicuspidens)
Type: Platychoerops richardsoni
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (7 collections), the United Kingdom (5)
• Paleocene of France (2)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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