Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Alternative combinations: Hyopsodus gracilis, Notharctus gracilis, Sarcolemur gracilis
Synonyms: Aphanolemur gibbosus Granger and Gregory 1917, Notharctus matthewi Granger and Gregory 1917
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals from the Tertiary Formation. American Journal of Science 2(7):35-44
Belongs to Smilodectes according to P. D. Gingerich 1979
See also Eaton 1982, Gazin 1958, Gazin 1965, Gazin 1968, Gazin 1976, Granger and Gregory 1917, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1902, Robinson 1957, Troxell 1926 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Smilodectes mcgrewi, Smilodectes sororis
Type specimens:
- Smilodectes gracilis: YPM 11800, a mandible (anterior part of a left mandibular ramus containing p4, m1, and a portion of p3). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Aphanolemur gibbosus:
- Notharctus matthewi:
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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