Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae
Alternative combination: Plesiolestes wilsoni
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1968. A new primate from the Torrejon middle Paleocene of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81:629-634
Belongs to Torrejonia according to S. G. B. Chester et al. 2017
See also Gazin 1968, Gazin 1969, Gingerich 1980, Gunnell 1989, Lucas and Froehlich 1989, Rigby 1980, Szalay 1973, Tsentas 1981, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: Plesiolestes nacimienti, Plesiolestes problematicus, Torrejonia sirokyi
Type specimen: USNM 25255, a mandible (left ramus of mandible including P3-M2). Its type locality is East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (5: New Mexico collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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