Plesiadapis rex Gidley 1923

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:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (12: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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