| Microsyops |
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| Zeitraum: | Eozän |
| Verbreitung: | Nordamerika |
| Art: | M. cardiorestes |
| Gewicht: | 494 g |
| Schwestertaxa: | M. angustidens M. annectens M. elegans M. kratos M. latidens M. scottianus M. knightensis |
| Systematik | |
Microsyops cardiorestes war ein kleiner Primat aus der Familie Microsyopidae (Unterfamilie Microsyopinae), der im Eozän in Nordamerika verbreitet war.
Aufgrund der Morphologie eines Backenzahns schätzt man des Gewicht des kleinen Säugetiers auf 494,0 Gramm.
T. M. Bown, K. D. Rose, E. L. Simons and S. L. Wing. 1994. Distribution and stratigraphic correlation of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene fossil mammal and plant localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman formations, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1540:1-103
G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7)
G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2)
W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan
