Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1975. New North American Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates) and a biostratigraphic zonation of the middle and upper Paleocene. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(13):135-148
Belongs to Nannodectes according to P. D. Gingerich 1975
Sister taxa: Nannodectes gidleyi, Nannodectes intermedius, Nannodectes lynasi, Nannodectes simpsoni
Type specimen: AMNH 92008, a mandible (right mandible with alveoli for I1 C P2 and the crowns of P3-4 M1). Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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