†tribe Micromomyinae Szalay 1974 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae

Micromomyini Szalay, 1974 is the original family-level taxon. The taxon was subsequently raised to the rank of subfamily (as Micromomyinae) by Gunnell (1989), and then to the rank of family (as Micromomyidae) by multiple recent authors.

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Full reference: F. S. Szalay. 1974. A new species and genus of early Eocene primate from North America. Folia Primatologica 22:243-250

Parent taxon: Micromomyidae according to S. G. B. Chester and K. C. Beard 2012

See also Gunnell 1989 and Robinson 1994

Sister taxa: Chalicomomys, Dryomomys, Foxomomys, Micromomys, Tinimomys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Micromomyinae in the database

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