†Elphidotarsius shotgunensis Gazin 1971 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1971. Paleocene primates from the Shotgun Member of the Fort Union Formation in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(3):13-38
Belongs to Elphidotarsius according to C. L. Gazin 1971
Sister taxa: Elphidotarsius florencae, Elphidotarsius russelli, Elphidotarsius wightoni
Type specimen: AMNH 88311, a mandible
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Shotgun (Paleocene of Wyoming)
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