Edworthia

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|61.5}} Early Paleocene

| taxon = Edworthia

| authority = Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010

| subdivision =

  • E. greggi Scott et al., 2023
  • E. lerbekmoi Fox, Scott & Rankin, 2010 (type)

}}

Edworthia is an extinct genus of paromomyid plesiadapiform which existed in Alberta, Canada, during the early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian age).{{Cite journal|author1=Richard C. Fox |author2=Craig S. Scott |author3=Brian D. Rankin |year=2010|title=Edworthia Lerbekmoi, A New Primitive Paromomyid Primate from the Torrejonian (Early Paleocene) of Alberta, Canada|journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=84 |issue=5 |pages=868–878 |doi=10.1666/09-072.1 |bibcode=2010JPal...84..868F |s2cid=140180081 |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1666/09-072.1|url-access=subscription }} It was first named by Richard C. Fox, Craig S. Scott and Brian D. Rankin in 2010 and the type species is Edworthia lerbekmoi. Edworthia described from a recently discovered locality in the Paskapoo Formation, exposed at a road cut in Edworthy Municipal Park.

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