Anaptomorphus
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Extinct genus of primate
| Anaptomorphus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anaptomorphinae |
| Genus: | †Anaptomorphus Cope, 1872 |
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Anaptomorphus is a genus of extinct anaptomorphine primate from Eocene South and North America [1]
Description
[edit ]Compared to other primates from the time, Anaptomorphus is rather advanced in dentition, with the dental formula being 2,1,2,32,1,2,3 ×ばつ 2 = 32.[1]
Classification
[edit ]Anaptomorphus is placed within Omomyidae, related to (and often sister clade of) Tarsiers. A. homonculus , a species formerly assigned to Anaptomorphus, has been moved to the related genus Tetonius .[2] [3]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan.
- ^ Szalay, Frederick S. (2008年09月11日). "A Critique of Some Recently Proposed Paleogene Primate Taxa and Suggested Relationships" . Folia Primatologica. 37 (3–4): 153–162. doi:10.1159/000156030. ISSN 0015-5713.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2025年09月09日.