Edworthia

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Edworthia
Temporal range: 61.5  Ma
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Edworthia

Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010
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  • E. greggiScott et al., 2023
  • E. lerbekmoi Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010 (type)

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.