Macrotarsius

Macrotarsius Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	† Omomyidae
Genus:	† Macrotarsius Clark, 1941
Type species
Macrotarsius montanus Clark, 1941
Species
Macrotarsius montanus Macrotarsius marcorhysis Macrotarsius siegerti Macrotarsius jepseni Macrotarsius roederi

Macrotarsius is an extinct genus of omomyid that inhabited North America and East Asia during the Eocene epoch.

Taxonomy

Macrotarsius contains five species: the type species M. montanus, M. jepseni, M. macrorhysis, M. roederi, and M. siegerti. ^[1]

Distribution

Macrotarsius macrorhysis lived in Jiangsu, China during the Middle Eocene. ^[2]

References

1. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
2. Beard, Kenneth Christopher; Qi, Tao; Dawson, Mary R.; Wang, Banyue; Li, Chuankuei (14 April 1994). "A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China". Nature . 368 (6472): 604–609. doi:10.1038/368604a0. ISSN   1476-4687 . Retrieved 14 February 2025.