Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Full reference: B. J. Burger and J. G. Honey. 2008. Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates) from the Late Paleocene Fort Union Formation of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):816-825
Belongs to Chiromyoides according to B. J. Burger and J. G. Honey 2008
Sister taxa: Chiromyoides caesor, Chiromyoides campanicus, Chiromyoides gingerichi, Chiromyoides kesiwah, Chiromyoides major, Chiromyoides mauberti, Chiromyoides minor, Chiromyoides potior
Type specimen: UCM 98607, a tooth (left I1). Its type locality is UCM locality 92177, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Fort Union Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at UCM locality 92177
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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