Macrotarsius roederi Kelly 1990 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Full reference: T. S. Kelly. 1990. Biostratigraphy of Uintan and Duchesnean land mammal assemblages from the Middle Member of the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 419:1-42

Belongs to Macrotarsius according to T. S. Kelly 1990

Sister taxa: Macrotarsius jepseni, Macrotarsius macrorhysis, Macrotarsius montanus, Macrotarsius siegerti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brea Canyon (Bed CS3), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Brea Canyon (Bed CS3)

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