Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1975. New North American Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates) and a biostratigraphic zonation of the middle and upper Paleocene. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(13):135-148
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1975
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 rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimen: PU 17814, a mandible (right mandible with M1-2). Its type locality is Plesiadapis simonsi type locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (8: Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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