| Microsyops | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Family: | †Microsyopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Microsyopinae |
| Genus: | †Microsyops Leidy, 1872 |
| Species | |
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Microsyops is a plesiadapiform primate found in Middle Eocene in North America.[1] It is in the family Microsyopidae. It appears to have had a more developed sense of smell than other early primates.[2] It is believed to have eaten fruit, and its fossils show the oldest known dental cavities in a mammal.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Microsyops". Fossilworks. Retrieved 16 September 2021 from the Paleobiology Database.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ↑ Silcox, Mary T.; Benham, Ashleigh E.; Bloch, Jonathan I. (2010). "Endocasts of Microsyops (Microsyopidae, Primates) and the evolution of the brain in primitive primates". Journal of Human Evolution. 58 (6): 505–521. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.03.008. PMID 20444495.
- ↑ Early Eocene Primate Had Dental Caries, Sep 10, 2021
- ↑ Selig, Keegan R.; Silcox, Mary T. (2021). "The largest and earliest known sample of dental caries in an extinct mammal (Mammalia, Euarchonta, Microsyops latidens) and its ecological implications". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 15920. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95330-x. PMC 8429469. PMID 34504127.
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