Edworthia

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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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Edworthia
Temporal range: 61.5 Ma
Early Paleocene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Plesiadapiformes
Family: Paromomyidae
Genus: Edworthia
Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010
Species
  • E. greggi Scott et al., 2023
  • E. lerbekmoi Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010 (type)
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