Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Alternative combinations: Ignacius mcgrewi, Phenacolemur (Ignacius) mcgrewi, Phenacolemur mcgrewi
Full reference: P. Robinson. 1968. The paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 39(19):307-326
Belongs to Walshina according to S. López-Torres et al. 2018
See also Bown and Rose 1976, Krishtalka 1978 and Robinson 1968
Sister taxa: Walshina esmaraldensis, Walshina shifrae
Type specimen: CM 15635, a tooth (isolated [upper] M1). Its type locality is Badwater Locality 5 Front, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (5: Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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