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Amy Atwater is an American paleontologist and science communicator; in 2017 she described new Eocene omomyine primates from California's Friars Formation.
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What did Amy Atwater study in the Friars Formation?
Amy Atwater studied extinct omomyine primates from the middle Eocene Friars Formation in San Diego County, California. The research described three new genera: Brontomomys, Gunnelltarsius, and Ekwiiyemakius.[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30149995/)
Was Amy Atwater's Friars Formation work published in 2017?
A 2017 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology abstract announced the study, but the journal article appeared in 2018. Amy Atwater coauthored the paper with Edward C. Kirk.
What are omomyine primates?
Omomyines were extinct haplorhine primates, part of the broader group that includes tarsiers and anthropoids. The three new Friars Formation taxa were estimated to range from about 119 grams to 757 grams.
Where are the fossils described by Amy Atwater kept?
The specimens described in the study are housed in the Department of Paleontology at the San Diego Natural History Museum. They came from the Friars Formation's early Uintan middle Eocene fauna.
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