Ekgmowechashala Macdonald 1963 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae

Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238

Parent taxon: Ekgmowechashalinae according to K. Rust et al. 2023

See also Gunnell and Rose 2002, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, McKenna and Bell 1997, Ni et al. 2016 and Szalay 1976

Sister taxa: Bugtilemurinae, Gatanthropus, Palaeohodites

Subtaxa: Ekgmowechashala philotau Ekgmowechashala zancanellai

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Type: Ekgmowechashala philotau

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Oligocene of United States (11: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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