Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1975. New North American Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates) and a biostratigraphic zonation of the middle and upper Paleocene. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(13):135-148
Belongs to Chiromyoides according to P. D. Gingerich 1975
Sister taxa: Chiromyoides caesor, Chiromyoides campanicus, Chiromyoides gigas, Chiromyoides gingerichi, Chiromyoides kesiwah, Chiromyoides mauberti, Chiromyoides minor, Chiromyoides potior
Type specimen: PU 21150, a tooth (crown of a left upper central incisor). Its type locality is Paint Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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