†Utahia carina Muldoon and Gunnell 2002 (tarsier)
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Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell. 2002. Omomyid primates (Tarsiiformes) from the Early Middle Eocene at South Pass, Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Human Evolution 43(4):479-511
Belongs to Utahia according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002
Sister taxon: Utahia kayi
Type specimen: UM 103485, a mandible (left dentary with p4-m3 and alveolus for p3). Its type locality is South Pass (Gardnerbuttean), which is in a Bridgerian fluvial-lacustrine shale/carbonate in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution: found only at South Pass (Gardnerbuttean)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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