| Ourayia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | † Omomyidae |
| Genus: | † Ourayia Gazin, 1958 |
| Species | |
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Ourayia is a genus of extinct omomyid primate from the Uinta Formation.
Ourayia had reduced canines and large canines compared to other basal primates, like Notharctus . They also have 1 less premolar than notharctines. [1] Compared to other omomyids from the time, Ourayia is considered large, weighing around 1,500 grams. [2] They had enlarged orbits, like most omomyids. [1] Some authors posit that Ourayia descended from Hemiacodon . [1]
Historically, species of Ourayia have been assigned to Mytonius and Microsyops , [3] however they were moved to Ourayia by Charles Lewis Gazin in 1958. [1]
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