Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative combination: Pronothodectes intermedius
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 Nannodectes according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
See also Gazin 1971 and Gingerich 1975
Sister taxa: Nannodectes gazini, Nannodectes gidleyi, Nannodectes lynasi, Nannodectes simpsoni
Type specimen: UW 3223, a mandible (lower jaw). Its type locality is Shotgun, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (10: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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