Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Tetonoides americana
Full reference: T. M. Bown. 1976. Affinities of Teilhardina (Primates, Omomyidae) with Description of a New Species from North America. Folia Primatologica 25
Belongs to Teilhardina according to J. J. Hooker 2007
See also Bown 1976, Bown and Rose 1984, Bown and Rose 1987, Rose et al. 2011 and Szalay 1982
Sister taxa: Teilhardina asiatica, Teilhardina belgica, Teilhardina brandti, Teilhardina crassidens, Teilhardina demissa, Teilhardina gingerichi, Teilhardina magnoliana, Teilhardina tenuicula
Type specimen: UW 6896, a mandible (left dentary with c, possible alveolus for p1, p2-m3). Its type locality is No Water (150'), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: Wyoming collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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