Teilhardina magnoliana

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name = "Teilhardina magnoliana"cite journal | author = Beard, K.C. | year = 2008 | title = The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 105 | issue = 10 | pages = 3815 | url = http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/media/beard.pnas.2008.pdf | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0710180105]
fossil_range = Early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Haplorrhini
familia = †Omomyidae
genus = †"Teilhardina"
species = †"T. magnoliana"
binomial = †"Teilhardina magnoliana"
binomial_authority = Beard, 2008

"Teilhardina magnoliana" is the earliest known North American primate known from Mississippi. It crossed the land bridge from Siberia, possibly more than 55.8 million years ago, although the age of the fossil is a matter of disagreement. The animal weighed approximately one ounce. [http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/03/03/a_long_trek_for_ancient_mini_monkeys/]

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