Edworthia
Name: Edworthia.
Phonetic: Ed-worth-e-ah
Named By: R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott
& B. D. Rankin 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Plesiadapiformes, Paromomyidae.
Species: E. lerbekmoi
(type).
Diet: Omnivore/Herbivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta - Paskapoo
Formation.
Time period: Paleocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Edworthia is a very primitive genus of primate that lived in Canada during the Palaeocene, the geological time period that occurred just after the dinosaurs went extinct.
Further reading
- Edworthia lerbekmoi, a new primitive
paromomyid primate from the
Torrejonian (early Paleocene) of Alberta, Canada. - Journal
of Paleontology 84(5):868-878. - R. C. Fox, C. S.
Scott & B. D. Rankin - 2010.
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