Pronothodectes Gidley 1923 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Parent taxon: Plesiadapidae according to D. M. Boyer et al. 2012

See also Alroy 2002, Fox 1990, Gazin 1969, Gingerich 1975, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1937 and Simpson 1940

Sister taxa: Asioplesiadapinae, Chiromyoides, Jattadectes, Megachiromyoides, Nannodectes, Platychoerops, Plesiadapis, Trogolemur

Subtaxa: Pronothodectes gaoi Pronothodectes jepi Pronothodectes matthewi

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Type: Pronothodectes matthewi

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (9: Alberta collections), United States (8: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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