Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Alternative combination: Tetonius rex
Synonym: Plesiadapis paskapooensis Russell 1964
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
See also Gingerich 1975, Krause 1978 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis anceps, 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 russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimens:
- Plesiadapis rex: U.S.N.M. no. 9838, a tooth (isolated [lower] M2). Its type locality is Melville Localities 11/13, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union No. 3" (= Melville) Formation of Montana.
- Plesiadapis paskapooensis:
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (12: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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