Mescalerolemur

Mescalerolemur
Mescalerolemur
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Adapiformes
Family: Notharctidae
Subfamily: Cercamoniinae
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 strepsirrhini 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

  1. ^ E. Christopher Kirk and Blythe A. Williams (2011). "New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil’s Graveyard Formation of Texas". Journal of Human Evolution in press. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.02.014. https://webspace.utexas.edu/kirkec/www/Kirk_pubs/Kirk_Williams_JHE_2011.pdf. 
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