Omomyinae

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Omomyinae
Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family:† Omomyidae
Subfamily:† Omomyinae
(Trouessart,1879)
Genera

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Omomyinae is a subfamily of the extinct primate family Omomyidae. The group is most commonly found in North America. [1] Members of this group are suggested to have primarily been faunivores, [2] but also including herbivorous (folivorous and frugivorous) taxa. [2] [3] Their body masses are estimated to have reached up to 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) in the largest genera, considerably larger than the largest anaptomorphine omomyids. [2] The postcranial morphology of the omomyines Ourayia and Chipetaia is similar to that of primitive omomyids. [3]

Classification

Omomyinae as a monophyletic clade has been questioned in the past, [4] but the grouping is still widely used.

References

  1. ↑ Gingerich, Philip D. (1981-05-01). "Early cenozoic omomyidae and the evolutionary history of tarsiiform primates". Journal of Human Evolution. 10 (4): 345–374. doi:10.1016/S0047-2484(81)80057-7. ISSN   0047-2484.
  2. 1 2 3 Jones, Katrina E.; Rose, Kenneth D.; Perry, Jonathan M.G. (January 2014). "Body size and premolar evolution in the early‐middle eocene euprimates of Wyoming". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 153 (1): 15–28. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22387. ISSN   0002-9483.
  3. 1 2 Dunn, Rachel H.; Sybalsky, Julia M.; Conroy, Glenn C.; Rasmussen, D. Tab (November 2006). "Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia , relatively large‐bodied omomyine primates from the Middle Eocene of Utah". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131 (3): 303–310. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20407. ISSN   0002-9483.
  4. ↑ Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2011). "The Face of Strigorhysis: Implications of Another Tarsier-like, Large-Eyed Eocene North American Tarsiiform Primate". The Anatomical Record. 294 (5): 797–812. doi:10.1002/ar.21367. ISSN   1932-8494.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Atwater, Amy L.; Kirk, E. Christopher (2018-11-01). "New middle Eocene omomyines (Primates, Haplorhini) from San Diego County, California". Journal of Human Evolution. 124: 7–24. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.04.010. ISSN   0047-2484.
  6. ↑ Kirk, E. Christopher; Dunn, Rachel H.; Rodwell, Benjamin; Townsend, K. E. Beth (2023-10-01). "New specimens of middle Eocene omomyines (Primates, Omomyoidea) from the Uinta Basin of Utah and the Tornillo Basin of Texas, with clarification of the generic status of Ourayia, Mytonius, and Diablomomys". Journal of Human Evolution. 183: 103425. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103425. ISSN   0047-2484.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
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