O is if Ourayia – #AtoZChallenge – 2017 – Uintan Mammals
O is for Ourayia
Ourayia is a fossil primate, which, like Notoparamys, is related to tarsiers. Like many fossil mammals, it is best known for its teeth.
VPPU.011236: Ourayia uintensis: HYPODIGM. Utah. Uintah County. Kennedy’s Hole, Uinta Basin. Princeton 1895 Hatcher Expedition. Coll: Hatcher, J. B. 25 Mar 1895. Tertiary. Late Eocene. Uintan. Uinta Fm. Middle Uinta B. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale University; peabody.yale.edu
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Ourayia is a fossil primate, which, like Notoparamys, is related to tarsiers. Like many fossil mammals, it is best known for its teeth.
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