Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. A new fauna from the Fort Union of Montana. American Museum Novitates 873
Belongs to Carpodaptes according to G. G. Simpson 1936
Sister taxa: Carpodaptes aulacodon, Carpodaptes cygneus, Carpodaptes hobackensis, Carpodaptes jepseni, Carpodaptes rosei, Carpodaptes stonleyi
Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 33854, a mandible (right lower jaw with P4-M3). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (11: Alberta collections), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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