Microsyops

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

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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