Anaptomorphus

Anaptomorphus is a genus of extinct anaptomorphine primate from Eocene South and North America^[1]

Anaptomorphus Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	†Omomyidae
Subfamily:	†Anaptomorphinae
Genus:	†Anaptomorphus Cope, 1872
Species
Anaptomorphus westi (Cope, 1872) Anaptomorphus aemulus (Szalay, 1976)

Description

Compared to other primates from the time, Anaptomorphus is rather advanced in dentition, with the dental formula being 2,1,2,32,1,2,3 × 2 = 32.^[1]

Classification

Anaptomorphus is placed within Omomyidae, related to (and often sister clade of) Tarsiers. A. homonculus , a species formerly assigned to Anaptomorphus, has been moved to the related genus Tetonius.^[2][3]