| Anaptomorphus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anaptomorphinae |
| Genus: | †Anaptomorphus Cope, 1872 |
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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
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.
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