Smilodectes
Sign in to saveSmilodectes is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. It possesses a post-orbital bar and grasping thumbs and toes. Smilodectes has a small cranium size and the foramen magnum was located at the back of the skull, on the occipital bone.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Notharctinae
- Image
- DMNS65L PrimateSkeleton.jpg
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- Commons category
- Smilodectes
- taxon name
- Smilodectes
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 55000000-0
- end time
- 50000000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Named species
- ''Smilodectes gracilis''
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Smilodectes is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. It possesses a post-orbital bar and grasping thumbs and toes. Smilodectes has a small cranium size and the foramen magnum was located at the back of the skull, on the occipital bone.
== Named species ==
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