Macrotarsius Clark 1941 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: J. Clark. 1941. An Anaptomorphid Primate from the Oligocene of Montana. Journal of Paleontology 15(5)

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

See also Beard et al. 1994, Clark 1941, Gunnell and Miller 2001, Gunnell and Rose 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968 and Szalay 1976

Sister taxon: Hemiacodon

Subtaxa: Macrotarsius jepseni Macrotarsius macrorhysis Macrotarsius montanus Macrotarsius roederi Macrotarsius siegerti

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Type: Macrotarsius montanus

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (1), United States (12: California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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