Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Synonym: Aphanolemur Granger and Gregory 1917
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1903. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. Part II. Primates. Suborder Cheiromyoidea. The American Journal of Science, series 4 16:345-368
Parent taxon: Notharctinae according to P. D. Gingerich 1979
See also Franzen 1994, Gazin 1958, Gazin 1968, Gazin 1976, Granger and Gregory 1917, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1940, Troxell 1926 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Asiadapinae, Cantius, Cercamoniinae, Notharctinae, Notharctus, Pondaunginae, Rouzilemur
Subtaxa: Smilodectes gracilis Smilodectes mcgrewi Smilodectes sororis
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (59: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
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