Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
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 Phenacolemur according to P. Robinson and L. D. Ivy 1994
See also Hay 1930, Matthew 1915 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Phenacolemur archus, Phenacolemur fortior, Phenacolemur lapparenti, Phenacolemur simonsi
Type specimen: AMNH 16102, a mandible (P/4-M/2 with the root of I/1 and the alveoli of M/3)
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (11: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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