Heterohyus
Sign in to saveHeterohyus is an extinct genus of apatemyid from the early to late Eocene. A small, tree-dwelling creature with elongated fore- and middle fingers, in these regards it somewhat resembled a modern-day aye-aye.
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- Heterohyus nanus (TMP 2009.003.0057), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025-07-13.jpg
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Heterohyus is an extinct genus of apatemyid from the early to late Eocene. A small, tree-dwelling creature with elongated fore- and middle fingers, in these regards it somewhat resembled a modern-day aye-aye.
Three skeletons have been found at the early Eocene site at Messel Pit, Germany
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