Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Alternative spelling: Microsyopsidae
Parent taxon: Primates according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Bloch et al. 2007, Grande 1984, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1930, Hooker et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose and Bown 1982, Rose et al. 2012, Wortman 1903 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Berruvius, Ceciliolemur, Ceciliolemuridae, Ceciliolemuroidea, Chasselasia, Cheiromyoidea, Euprimateformes, Haplorhini, Lemures, Megatarsius, Micromomyidae, Microtarsioides, Nosmips, Paromomyidae, Pithecus, Plesiadapiformes, Plesitarsiiformes, Pliopithecus posthumus, Prosimiae, Prosimii, Rooneyia, Simia, Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus, Simia apedia, Simiolemuriformes, Strepsirrhini, Tarsii, Tupaioidea
Subtaxa: Microsyopinae Nanomomys Navajoviinae Navajovius Uintasoricinae
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), China (1), United States (394: California, Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta), United States (27: Colorado, Montana, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 428 collections including 474 occurrences