Omomys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Genus: | †Omomys Leidy, 1869 |
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Euryacodon lepidus (Marsh, 1872) | |
Omomys is an extinct genus of omomyid primate from Middle Eocene North America.[1]
Description
[edit]The postcrania of Omomys suggest it was adapted for leaping, bearing long ischia and ilia.[2] The mastoid part of the temporal bone was pneumatized.[3] Compared to European microchoerines, Omomys was more basal in postcrania, lacking a prominent posterior talar shelf.[4][2] Omomys is thought to have weighed around 300 grams.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Scott, William B.; Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1890). "The Mammalia of the Uinta Formation". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 16 (3): 461–572. doi:10.2307/1005400. ISSN 0065-9746. JSTOR 1005400.
- ^ a b Anemone, R. L.; Covert, H. H. (2000-05-01). "New skeletal remains of Omomys(Primates, Omomyidae): functional morphology of the hindlimb and locomotor behavior of a Middle Eocene primate". Journal of Human Evolution. 38 (5): 607–633. Bibcode:2000JHumE..38..607A. doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0371. ISSN 0047-2484.
- ^ Ross, Callum F.; Covert, Herbert H. (2000-08-01). "The petrosal of Omomys carteriand the evolution of the primate basicranium". Journal of Human Evolution. 39 (2): 225–252. Bibcode:2000JHumE..39..225R. doi:10.1006/jhev.2000.0417. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 10968930.
- ^ a b Dunn, Rachel H.; Sybalsky, Julia M.; Conroy, Glenn C.; Rasmussen, D. Tab (November 2006). "Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia, relatively large-bodied omomyine primates from the Middle Eocene of Utah". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131 (3): 303–310. Bibcode:2006AJPA..131..303D. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20407. ISSN 0002-9483. PMID 16617428.
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