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
Belongs to Ekgmowechashala according to J. R. Macdonald 1963
See also Macdonald 1970
Sister taxon: Ekgmowechashala zancanellai
Type specimen: SDSM 5550, a mandible (fragment of left mandible with P3-M2 and partial alveoli for P2 and M3). Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-541), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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