Cantius Simons 1962 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Synonym: Hesperolemur Gunnell 1995

Parent taxon: Notharctidae according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012

See also Franzen 1994, Gingerich and Haskin 1981, Gingerich and Simons 1977, Gunnell 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968 and Rose et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Asiadapinae, Cercamoniinae, Notharctinae, Notharctus, Pondaunginae, Rouzilemur, Smilodectes

Subtaxa: Cantius abditus Cantius actius Cantius angulatus Cantius eppsi Cantius frugivorus Cantius mckennai Cantius nunienus Cantius ralstoni Cantius savagei Cantius simonsi Cantius torresi Cantius trigonodus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (4 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (395: California, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)

Total: 403 collections including 421 occurrences

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