Hemiacodon engardae (Omomyidae)



Hemiacodon engardae ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Omomyidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Eozän) im Lutetium lebte, das vor rund 47,8 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 41,3 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Hemiacodon engardae
Sammlung Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Donna's Locality Lutetian
zwischen 40.4 und 46.2 Millionen Jahren
Bridger University of Colorado Museum Loc. 92189; Cedar Mountain
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie Museum Kommentar z. Taxonomie
"two meters above the base of the Turtle Bluff Member" eight meters above the Basal E Tuff, which is dated at "46.16 ± 0.44 Ma using 40Ar/39Ar analysis"; "earliest Uintan" based on faunal composition Turtle Bluff Member consists of "predominant variegated red, green, and gray claystone and mudstone with lesser amounts of grayish-white tuffaceous sandstone and gray and brown limestone, and with high gypsum content" and bed is shown as a claystone in an illustrated section UCM only selected taxa are reported

Literatur

P. C. Murphey, R. H. Dunn 2009, Hemiacodon engardae, a new species of omomyid primate from the earliest Uintan Turtle Bluff Member of the Bridger Formation, southwestern Wyoming, USA. Journal of Human Evolution. 57:2, p. 123 - 130