Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
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 rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis tricuspidens, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimen: MNHN Cl no. 13, a mandible (right mandible with P3-4, M1-3). Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of France (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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