Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162
Belongs to Tetonius according to T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose 1987
Sister taxa: Tetonius homunculus, Tetonius matthewi, Paratetonius steini, Pseudotetonius ambiguus
Type specimen: UCMP 46192, a mandible (left dentary with i1-2, c, p3-m2, and alveolus for p2). Its type locality is West Alheit Pocket, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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