Anaptomorphus

Anaptomorphus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	†Omomyidae
Subfamily:	†Anaptomorphinae
Genus:	†Anaptomorphus; Cope, 1872
Species
	Anaptomorphus westi (Cope, 1872); Anaptomorphus aemulus (Szalay, 1976);

Anaptomorphus is a genus of extinct anaptomorphine primate from Eocene South and North America¹

Description

Compared to other primates from the time, Anaptomorphus is rather advanced in dentition, with the dental formula being 2,1,2,32,1,2,3 × 2 = 32.¹

Classification

Anaptomorphus is placed within Omomyidae, related to (and often sister clade of) Tarsiers. A. homonculus , a species formerly assigned to Anaptomorphus, has been moved to the related genus Tetonius.²³

References

Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan.
Szalay, Frederick S. (2008-09-11). "A Critique of Some Recently Proposed Paleogene Primate Taxa and Suggested Relationships". Folia Primatologica. 37 (3–4): 153–162. doi:10.1159/000156030. ISSN 0015-5713.
"Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2025-09-09.

[:0-1] Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan.

[2] Szalay, Frederick S. (2008-09-11). "A Critique of Some Recently Proposed Paleogene Primate Taxa and Suggested Relationships". Folia Primatologica. 37 (3–4): 153–162. doi:10.1159/000156030. ISSN 0015-5713.

[3] "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2025-09-09.

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