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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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