omomyid

• Ausgestorbenes Substantiv, das einen winzigen nachtaktiven frühen Primaten bezeichnet, der sich von Früchten und Insekten ernährte, vor 30–50 Millionen Jahren in Nordamerika und Europa verbreitet war, wahrscheinlich die Koboldmakis hervorbrachte und von manchen Autoren als Vorfahre der Anthropoiden angesehen wird.

An extinct noun referring to a tiny, nocturnal lower primate that fed on fruit and insects, abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago, probably gave rise to the tarsiers, and is considered by some authorities as ancestral to anthropoids.

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   An extinct group of small, nocturnal, lower primates that lived 30 to 50 million years ago, feeding on fruit and insects. They were abundant in North America and Europe and are thought to be related to tarsiers and possibly ancestral to anthropoids.

   Ausgestorbener Primat

   • Omomyids were among the earliest primates to appear in the fossil record.
   • The tiny omomyid likely hunted insects in the trees of ancient forests.
   • Fossils of omomyids have been found across North America and Europe.