Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Alternative combination: Phenacolemur fremontensis
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1971. Paleocene primates from the Shotgun Member of the Fort Union Formation in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(3):13-38
Belongs to Ignacius according to P. Robinson and L. D. Ivy 1994
See also Bown and Rose 1976, Gazin 1971, Krishtalka 1978, Schiebout 1974, Scott et al. 2013 and Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Ignacius clarkforkensis, Ignacius dawsonae, Ignacius frugivorus, Ignacius glenbowensis, Ignacius graybullianus, Ignacius mckennai
Type specimen: AMNH 88309, a mandible
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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