Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Alternative combinations: Carpocristes cygneus, Carpolestes cygneus
Belongs to Carpodaptes according to Fox 2002
See also Beard and Wang 1995, Bloch et al. 2001, Gingerich 1986, Krause 1978 and Rose 1975
Sister taxa: Carpodaptes aulacodon, Carpodaptes hazelae, Carpodaptes hobackensis, Carpodaptes jepseni, Carpodaptes rosei, Carpodaptes stonleyi
Type specimen: ROM 05622, a mandible (right dentary with p4). Its type locality is Swan Hills Site 1, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine shale/claystone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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