Macrotarsius
Extinct genus of primates
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Macrotarsius is an extinct genus of omomyid that inhabited North America and East Asia during the Eocene epoch.
| Macrotarsius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Genus: | †Macrotarsius Clark, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Macrotarsius montanus Clark, 1941 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
Macrotarsius contains five species: the type species M. montanus, M. jepseni, M. macrorhysis, M. roederi, and M. siegerti.[1]