Anaptomorphus

Extinct genus of primate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anaptomorphus is a genus of extinct anaptomorphine primate from Eocene South and North America[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
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Anaptomorphus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: †Omomyidae
Subfamily: †Anaptomorphinae
Genus: †Anaptomorphus
Cope, 1872
Species
  • Anaptomorphus westi (Cope, 1872)
  • Anaptomorphus aemulus (Szalay, 1976)
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Description

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 × 2 = 32.[1]

Classification

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]

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