Anaptomorphus

Anaptomorphus Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
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 America. ^[1]

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 . ^{[2] [3]}

References

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.