Anchomomys
| Anchomomys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Notharctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cercamoniinae |
| Genus: | †Anchomomys Stehlin, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| †Anchomomys gaillardi Stehlin, 1916 | |
| Species | |
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Anchomomys is an extinct genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe and Africa during the Middle Eocene.[2]
Palaeobiology
Locomotion
Anchomomys frontanyensis is inferred to have been specialised for leaping due to its calcaneus exhibiting significant distal elongation.[3]
References
- ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ Gebo 2002, p. 27.
- ↑ Marigó, Judit; Roig, Imma; Seiffert, Erik R.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador; Boyer, Doug M. (February 2016). "Astragalar and calcaneal morphology of the middle Eocene primate Anchomomys frontanyensis (Anchomomyini): Implications for early primate evolution". Journal of Human Evolution. 91: 122–143. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.08.011. Retrieved 14 May 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Literature cited
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
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