Palenochtha Simpson 1935 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244

Parent taxon: Palaechthoninae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1937, Simpson 1940, Szalay 1969 and Van Valen and Sloan 1965

Sister taxon: Premnoides

Subtaxa: Palenochtha minor Palenochtha weissae

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Type: Palaechthon minor

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (6: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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