Metacheiromys tatusia (M. marshi (YPM 12903 holotype is chimaera, part primate; Middle Eocene; Wortman 1903, Osborn 1904, Simpson 1931, AMNH 11718, 25cm presacral length) was originally considered a primate, then an edentate and then as a palaenodont. Here the data nests between Prodinoceras and Ernanodon. Few to no teeth line the jaws, except for the upper and lower canines, which were retained. The sacrum appears odd in that only the posterior sacral ribs attached to the ilia. This may not be so. |