Edworthia Temporal range: 61.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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). It was first named by Richard C. Fox, Craig S. Scott and Brian D. Rankin in 2010 and the type species is Edworthia lerbekmoi. Edworthia described from a recently discovered locality in the Paskapoo Formation, exposed at a road cut in Edworthy Municipal Park.
References
- ^ 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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Edworthia |
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