Edworthia
Edworthia Temporal range: 61.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
Family: | Paromomyidae |
Genus: | Edworthia Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010 |
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Edworthia is an extinct genus of paromomyid plesiadapiform which existed in Alberta, Canada, during the early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian age).[1] It was first named by Richard C. Fox, Craig S. Scott and Brian D. Rankin in 2010 and the type species is Edworthia lerbekmoi.[1] Edworthia described from a recently discovered locality in the Paskapoo Formation, exposed at a road cut in Edworthy Municipal Park.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Richard C. Fox; Craig S. Scott; Brian D. Rankin (2010). "Edworthia Lerbekmoi, A New Primitive Paromomyid Primate from the Torrejonian (Early Paleocene) of Alberta, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (5): 868–878. Bibcode:2010JPal...84..868F. doi:10.1666/09-072.1. S2CID 140180081.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Subclass: Theria
- Infraclass: Placentalia
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- See also: Anagaloidea
- Plesiadapiformes
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