Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Synonyms: Platychoerops georgei Hooker 1994, Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens) gervaisii Lemoine 1887
Belongs to Plesiadapis according to P. D. Gingerich 1976
See also De Bast et al. 2018, Gingerich 1975, Hay 1930, Hooker 1994, Jehle et al. 2018 and Szalay 1971
Sister taxa: Plesiadapis (Ancepsoides), Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens), Plesiadapis anceps, Plesiadapis berruensis, Plesiadapis chevillionii, Plesiadapis churchilli, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis dubius, Plesiadapis fodinatus, Plesiadapis gingerichi, Plesiadapis insignis, Plesiadapis ploegi, Plesiadapis praecursor, Plesiadapis recticuspidens, Plesiadapis remensis, Plesiadapis rex, Plesiadapis russelli, Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis walbeckensis
Type specimens:
- Plesiadapis tricuspidens: MNHN Crl-16, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with M3). Its type locality is Calcaire de Rilly near Reims, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in France.
- Platychoerops georgei: MNHN Try-18-L, a tooth (Left upper first incisor). Its type locality is Try (Marne) spoil heap, which is in a Thanetian/Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Marnes de Dormans Formation of France.
- Plesiadapis (Tricuspidens) gervaisii: Crl-1, a mandible.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of France (6)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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