Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combination: Nannopithex quaylei
Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 1986. Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478
Belongs to Vectipithex according to J. J. Hooker and D. L. Harrison 2008
See also Hooker 1986
Sister taxa: Vectipithex raabi, Vectipithex smithorum, Vectipithex ulmensis
Type specimen: NHMUK M37145, a tooth (left M2). Its type locality is Creechbarrow Hill, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/marl in the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution: found only at Creechbarrow Hill
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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