Bownomomys crassidens Bown and Rose 1987 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Alternative combination: Teilhardina crassidens

Full reference: T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162

Belongs to Bownomomys according to P. E. Morse et al. 2019

See also Bown and Rose 1987

Sister taxon: Bownomomys americanus

Type specimen: UW 8959, a mandible (left dentary with p3-m2, roots of i1 and c, and alveoli for i2 and p2). Its type locality is Elk Creek (180 m), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: Wyoming collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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