- some
North American omomyids evolved body m****es in
excess of 1 kg (2.2 lb) and
frugivorous or
folivorous diets. The
largest omomyids were Macrotarsius...
-
directly descended from
omomyids, with
simians being a
separate line, or that both
simians and
tarsiers are
descended from
omomyids.
Haplorhines share a...
-
family Tarsiidae, and the
latter listed as
incertae sedis (undefined).
Omomyids are
generally considered to be
extinct relatives, or even ancestors, of...
- from the
fossil record are the
omomyids,
which resembled modern day tarsiers. Like the
strepsirrhine adapiforms,
omomyids were
diverse and
ranged throughout...
-
northern continents were
dominated by two groups, the
adapiforms and the
omomyids. The
former are
considered members of Strepsirrhini, but did not have a...
-
orbits in
proportion to its
skull length when
compared to
other Eocene omomyids and the
snout is much smaller, both of
these traits are also
observed in...
- primates. A
study done in 1987
linked Plesiadapiformes with
adapids and
omomyids through nine shared-derived features, six of
which are
cranial or dental:...
- found,
appearing to be most
closely related to
tarsiers and the
fossil omomyids,
although A. achilles is
suggested to have been diurnal,
whereas tarsiers...
- many have
placed it as
either a
primitive omomyid or as a
member of the
sister group to both
adapoids and
omomyids. The
genus is
represented by one species...
-
Idicia such as the
herpetotheriid Peratherium,
nyctithere Saturninia,
omomyid Necrolemur,
carnivoraforme Quercygale,
tapirulid Tapirulus, and the palaeothere...
