Mescalerolemur
| Mescalerolemur horneri Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Adapidae |
| Subfamily: | †Caenopithecinae |
| Genus: | †Mescalerolemur Kirk & Williams, 2011 |
| Species: | †M. horneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Mescalerolemur horneri Kirk & Williams, 2011 | |
Mescalerolemur (meaning "Mescalero Apache's lemur") is an extinct genus of adapiform strepsirrhine from late Middle Eocene (Uintan age) deposits of Brewster County, Texas. It is known from the holotype TMM 41672-232, associated left and right maxillae with partial and complete teeth and from the referred specimens TMM 41672-230, TMM 41672-233 and TMM 41672-236. It was found from the Purple Bench locality of the Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Big Bend region. It was first named by E. Christopher Kirk and Blythe A. Williams in 2011 and the type species is Mescalerolemur horneri. Its closest relative is Mahgarita from the same formation but slightly younger in age.[1]
References
- ↑ E. Christopher Kirk and Blythe A. Williams (2011). "New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil’s Graveyard Formation of Texas" (PDF). Journal of Human Evolution 61 (2): 156–168. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.02.014.