Vectipithex quaylei Hooker 1986 (tarsier)

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

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