Microsyops

Microsyops annectens is a plesiadapiform primate found in Middle Eocene in North America.[1] It is in the family Microsyopidae. It was a tree-dwelling insectivore. It appears to have had a more developed sense of smell than other early primates.[2]

Microsyops
Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene (Wasatchian-Uintan)
~50.3–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Microsyopidae
Genus: Microsyops
Leidy, 1872
Species:
M. annectens
Binomial name
Microsyops annectens
(Marsh, 1872)

References

  1. "Megadelphus". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  2. Silcox, Mary T., Ashleigh E. Benham, and Jonathan I. Bloch. "Endocasts of Microsyops (Microsyopidae, Primates) and the evolution of the brain in primitive primates." Journal of human evolution 58.6 (2010): 505-521.
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