Biology:Tetonius
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Tetonius is a genus of anaptomorphine primate from Eocene Wyoming.[1]
Description
The dental formula of Tetonius is 2,1,3,32,1,3-2,3 × 2 = 34-36. The premolars are bicuspid whilst the molars are tritubercular.[1] They had enlarged orbits and a shortened face.[1] Compared to other Wasatch Formation fauna, Tetonius had a rather large cranium.[1]
Classification
Tetonius homunculus was originally ascribed to the genus Anaptomorphus [2], though this is disputed now.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51389.
- ↑ Cope, E. D. (1882). "Contributions to the History of the Vertebrata of the Lower Eocene of Wyoming and New Mexico, Made during 1881". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20 (111): 139–197. ISSN 0003-049X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/982711.
- ↑ Szalay, Frederick S. (2008-09-11). "A Critique of Some Recently Proposed Paleogene Primate Taxa and Suggested Relationships". Folia Primatologica 37 (3-4): 153–162. doi:10.1159/000156030. ISSN 0015-5713. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156030.
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