Nannodectes lynasi Lofgren et al. 2014 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Full reference: D. Lofgren, M. McKenna, J. Honey, R. Nydam, C. Wheaton, B. Yokote, L. Henn, W. Hanlon, S. Manning and C. McGee. 2014. New Records of Eutherian Mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and Their Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications. American Museum Novitates 3797:1-57

Belongs to Nannodectes according to D. Lofgren et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Nannodectes gazini, Nannodectes gidleyi, Nannodectes intermedius, Nannodectes simpsoni

Type specimen: RAM 9044, a mandible (right dentary with damaged i1, p2 alveolus, and p3–m3). Its type locality is RAM locality V200510, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial horizon in the Goler Formation of California.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (6: California collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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