Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1979. Phylogeny of middle Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America: Smilodectes and Notharctus. Journal of Paleontology 53(1):153-163
Belongs to Notharctus according to P. D. Gingerich 1979
Sister taxa: Notharctus robustior, Notharctus tenebrosus, Notharctus venticolus, Pelycodus relictus
Type specimen: UW 3007, a mandible (left mandible with P4M1-3, right mandibular fragment with P3, and isolated lower incisors and canine). Its type locality is Opal (UW 19-67), which is in a Bridgerian fluvial tuff in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (37: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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