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First Record of the Palaeocene Primate Chiromyoides from North America

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PALAEOCENE fossil primates are known only from the European and North American continents. Fourteen genera and numerous species from North America have been described1,2, and four genera (Plesiadapis, Chiromyoides, Berruvius, Saxonella) are recorded from Europe3. Only one primate genus, Plesiadapis, was previously known from the Palaeocene of both continents; the new species of Chiromyoides described below extends the range of this genus to North America. Addition of Chiromyoides brings to seven the number of mammalian genera known from the Palaeocene of both Europe and North America.

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GINGERICH, P. First Record of the Palaeocene Primate Chiromyoides from North America. Nature 244, 517–518 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244517a0

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