Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard, L. Kristalka, and R. K. Stucky. 1992. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 12. New species of omomyid primates (Mammalia: Primates: Omomyidae) and omomyid taxonomic composition across the early-middle Eocene boundary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(1):39-62
Belongs to Trogolemur according to K. C. Beard et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Trogolemur fragilis, Trogolemur myodes, Trogolemur storeri
Type specimen: CM 40069, a mandible (left dentary fragment preserving crowns of M1-2, roots or alveoli for I1, C1, P3-4). Its type locality is Davis Ranch, which is in a Bridgerian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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