Hemiacodon Marsh 1872 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224

Parent taxon: Macrotarsiini according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002

See also Alroy 2002, Gunnell and Rose 2002, Hay 1902, Honey 1990, McKenna and Bell 1997, Murphey and Dunn 2009, Osborn 1902, Robinson 1968, Simpson 1940, Szalay 1976 and Wortman 1904

Sister taxon: Macrotarsius

Subtaxa: Hemiacodon casamissus Hemiacodon engardae Hemiacodon gracilis Hemiacodon pygmaeus

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (15: California, Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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