Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1903. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. Part II. Primates. Suborder Cheiromyoidea. The American Journal of Science, series 4 16:345-368
Parent taxon: Metacheiromyidae according to K. D. Rose 1978
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Kondrashov and Agadjanian 2012 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Brachianodon, Mylanodon, Palaeanodon, Propalaeanodon
Subtaxa: Metacheiromys dasypus Metacheiromys marshi Metacheiromys tatusia
Type: Metacheiromys marshi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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