Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1958. A review of the middle and upper Eocene primates of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 136(1):1-112
Belongs to Omomys according to K. M. Muldoon and G. F. Gunnell 2002
See also Gazin 1958
Sister taxa: Omomys carteri, Omomys pucillus, Euryacodon lepidus
Type specimen: C.M. No. 6417, a mandible (left ramus of mandible with P4-M2). Its type locality is Powder Wash (Upper), which is in a Bridgerian channel lag sandstone in the Green River Formation of Utah.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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