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Archicebus is a
genus of
fossil primates that
lived in the
early Eocene forests (~55.8–54.8 million
years ago) of what is now
Jingzhou in the
Hubei Province...
- (Tarsiidae),
branched off from the
other haplorhines 70 mya. The
fossil Archicebus may be
similar to the most
recent common ancestor at this time. The other...
- primate-like
mammal species, Plesiadapis, came from
North America; another,
Archicebus, came from China.
Other similar basal primates were
widespread in Eurasia...
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origin for most
modern clades. The earliest-known
ancestor of
primates is
Archicebus achilles from
around 55 million
years ago. This tiny
primate weighed 20–30...
- †
Archicebus †Afrotarsiidae? †"Omomyidae"?
Tarsiidae Carlito Cephalopachus †Hesperotarsius †Oligotarsius
Tarsius †Xanthorhysis?...
- In 2013, a
phylogenetic analysis that
includes also the
basal primate Archicebus positions Plesiadapis firmly outside of the Primates, as a
sister group...
- The
earliest known haplorhine skeleton, that of 55 MA old tarsier-like
Archicebus, was
found in
central China,
supporting an
already suspected Asian origin...
- Sigé et al., 1990
Altiatlasius koulchii Sigé et al., 1990
Archicebus Ni et al., 2013
Archicebus achilles Ni et al., 2013
Omomyidae Trouessart, 1879 Baataromomys...
- †
Archicebus †Afrotarsiidae? †"Omomyidae"?
Tarsiidae Carlito Cephalopachus †Hesperotarsius †Oligotarsius
Tarsius †Xanthorhysis?...
- †
Archicebus †Afrotarsiidae? †"Omomyidae"?
Tarsiidae Carlito Cephalopachus †Hesperotarsius †Oligotarsius
Tarsius †Xanthorhysis?...
