Smilodectes

Taxobox
name = "Smilodectes"
fossil_range = Fossil range|55|50Early Eocene

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Smilodectes" skeleton.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Nothactidae
subfamilia = Nothactinae
genus = "Smilodectes"
genus_authority = Wortman, 1903
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Smilodectes gracilis"
* "Smilodectes mcgrewi"
* "Smilodectes gingerichi"

"Smilodectes" is an extinct genus of primate that lived in wyoming.

It possesses a post-orbital bar and grasping thumbs and toes. "Smilodectes" has a small cranium size and the foramen magnum was located at the back of the skull, on the occipatal bone.

It appears during the Eocene epoch, and is thought to be related to lemurs.

External links

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/Strepsirrhini/Nothactinae.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]