Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Synonym: Protomomys Teilhard de Chardin 1927
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1940. Studies on the earliest primates. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(4):185-212
Parent taxon: Omomyidae according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Gingerich 1993, Gunnell and Rose 2002, Hooker 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997, Morse et al. 2019, Rose et al. 2011, Simpson 1940 and Szalay 1976
Sister taxa: Anaptomorphinae, Aycrossia, Baataromomys, Bownomomys, Gazinius, Kohatius, Microchoerinae, Omomyinae, Strigorhysis, Tarkadectinae, Vastanomys, Yaquius
Subtaxa: Teilhardina asiatica Teilhardina belgica Teilhardina brandti Teilhardina demissa Teilhardina gingerichi Teilhardina magnoliana Teilhardina tenuicula
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), China (1), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (38: Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
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