Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Alternative combination: Cynodontomys angustidens
Synonyms: Cynodontomys alfi McKenna 1960, Microsyops alfi McKenna 1960
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. - Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivora (part). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(14):429-483
Belongs to Microsyops according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also Gunnell 1985, Hay 1930, Matthew 1915, McKenna 1960, Szalay 1969 and Westgate 1990
Sister taxa: Microsyops annectens, Microsyops cardiorestes, Microsyops elegans, Microsyops knightensis, Microsyops kratos, Microsyops latidens, Microsyops scottianus
Type specimens:
- Microsyops angustidens: A.M.N.H. No. 15073, a mandible (fragmentary left mandible with P3-M3 and fragment of right mandible with P4-M2). Its type locality is Microsyops angustidens type locality, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
- Cynodontomys alfi: U.C.M.P. No. 44777, a maxilla (fragmentary right maxilla with M1-3). Its type locality is Timberlake Quarry, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (42: Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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