Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: P. E. Morse, S. G. B. Chester, D. M. Boyer, T. Smith, R. Smith and P. J. I. Gigase Bloch. 2019. New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. Journal of Human Evolution 128:103-131
Parent taxon: Omomyidae according to P. E. Morse et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Anaptomorphinae, Aycrossia, Baataromomys, Gazinius, Kohatius, Microchoerinae, Omomyinae, Strigorhysis, Tarkadectinae, Teilhardina, Vastanomys, Yaquius
Subtaxa: Bownomomys americanus Bownomomys crassidens
Type: Teilhardina americana
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (25: Wyoming collections)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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