Shoshonius

Shoshonius

Taxobox | name = Shoshonius
fossil_range = Fossil range|50Early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Haplorrhini
familia = Omomyidae
genus = Shoshonius
species = "S. cooperi"
binomial = "Shoshonius cooperi"
binomial_authority = Granger, 1910

Shoshonius lived about 50 million years ago during the late early Eocene era, with specimens found in Central Wyoming. Shoshonius belongs to the extinct primate family Omomyidae, and shares many features with modern-day tarsiers. Due to its complexity, some have theorized that the Shoshonius may be ancestral to modern Hominids.

External links

* [http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/1996/marapr/beard.htm Searching for Our Primate Ancestors in China]
* [http://www.laits.utexas.edu/shapiro/omomyids/omomyids41.html Shoshonius: Cranial characteristics]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_name=Shoshonius%20cooperi "Shoshonius cooperi" in The Paleobiology Database]


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