†Copelemur tutus Cope 1877 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Alternative combinations: Pelycodus tutus, Tomitherium tutum
Belongs to Copelemur according to P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons 1977
See also Beard 1988, Cope 1881, Gazin 1962, Hay 1902, Matthew 1915 and Osborn 1902
Sister taxa: Copelemur australotutus, Copelemur praetutus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Almagre Arroyo (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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