Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative combination: Pronothodectes simpsoni
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Nannodectes according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
See also Burger 2007, Gazin 1956 and Gingerich 1975
Sister taxa: Nannodectes gazini, Nannodectes gidleyi, Nannodectes intermedius, Nannodectes lynasi
Type specimen: USNM 20754, a mandible. Its type locality is Ledge, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (5: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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