Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Synonym: Plesiadapis jepseni Gazin 1956
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. A new fauna from the Fort Union of Montana. American Museum Novitates 873
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1975
See also Gazin 1956, Gingerich 1976, Simpson 1936 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis berruensis, Plesiadapis chevillionii, Plesiadapis churchilli, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis dubius, Plesiadapis fodinatus, Plesiadapis gingerichi, Plesiadapis insignis, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimens:
- Plesiadapis anceps: Amer. Mus. No. 33822, a partial skull (left lower jaw with incisor and M1-3, right [lower] P4 and M1, right [upper] P3-M1, left [upper] M1-2, and other fragments, all of one individual). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.
- Plesiadapis jepseni: USNM 20760, 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 (11: California, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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