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Smilodectes
Extinct genus of primates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smilodectes is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the middle Eocene.[1] 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.
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Smilodectes skeleton at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Notharctidae |
Subfamily: | †Notharctinae |
Genus: | †Smilodectes Wortman, 1903 |
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