Chiromyoides gingerichi Secord 2008 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Full reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192

Belongs to Chiromyoides according to R. Secord 2008

Sister taxa: Chiromyoides caesor, Chiromyoides campanicus, Chiromyoides gigas, Chiromyoides kesiwah, Chiromyoides major, Chiromyoides mauberti, Chiromyoides minor, Chiromyoides potior

Type specimen: UM 75671, a tooth (left I1). Its type locality is FG-11, which is in a Paleocene fluvial siliciclastic in Wyoming.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Wyoming collections)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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