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Mescalerolemur

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Strepsirrhini

Species
  
†M. horneri

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
†Adapidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Primate

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Mescalerolemur (meaning "Mescalero Apache's lemur") is an extinct genus of adapiform strepsirrhine from late Middle Eocene (Uintan age) deposits of Brewster County, Texas. It is known from the holotype TMM 41672-232, associated left and right maxillae with partial and complete teeth and from the referred specimens TMM 41672-230, TMM 41672-233 and TMM 41672-236. It was found from the Purple Bench locality of the Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Big Bend region. It was first named by E. Christopher Kirk and Blythe A. Williams in 2011 and the type species is Mescalerolemur horneri. Its closest relative is Mahgarita from the same formation but slightly younger in age.

References

Mescalerolemur Wikipedia