A reappraisal of the European Eocene primate Periconodon

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A reappraisal of the European Eocene primate Periconodon

  • Volume / Part: 26 / 1
  • Publication Date: January 1983
  • Page(s): 227 - 230
  • Authored By: Ian Tattersall and Jeffrey H. Schwartz

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The Eocene primate Periconodon has recently been widely regarded as belonging to the family Adapidae, and several authors have synonymized it with Anchomomys, another adapid. Re-examination of the type material of Periconodon has revealed that the genus is distinct, and that its affinities lie not with Adapidae but with the otherwise exclusively North American family Omomyidae. Periconodon contains only the type species, P. helveticus; recently named new species of Periconodon are wrongly assigned.

Palaeontology - Volume 26 Part 1 Pages 227-230



Palaeontology - Volume 26 Part 1 Pages 227-230

Citations

TATTERSALL, I., SCHWARTZ, J. H. 1983. A reappraisal of the European Eocene primate Periconodon. Palaeontology, 26, 1, 227–230.