Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative combination: Nothodectes dubius
Synonyms: Plesiadapis pearcei Gazin 1956, Plesiadapis rubeyi Gazin 1942
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 Plesiadapis according to K. D. Rose and T. M. Bown 1982
See also Dorr and Gingerich 1980, Gazin 1956, Gazin 1958, Gingerich 1975, Gingerich 1976, Hay 1930, Holroyd and Rankin 2014, Matthew 1915, Matthew 1917, McKenna 1963, Rose 1981, Schiebout 1974, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1937 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis anceps, Plesiadapis berruensis, Plesiadapis chevillionii, Plesiadapis churchilli, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis fodinatus, Plesiadapis gingerichi, Plesiadapis insignis, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (24: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cf2 of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Cf3 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (21: Wyoming)
Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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