†Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Belongs to Zanycteris according to Matthew 1917
See also Scott and Fox 2005
Sister taxon: Zanycteris honeyi
Type specimen: AMNH 17180, a partial skull (incomplete, crushed skull containing right C, M1-3, left M1-3). Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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