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Notharctus

Extinct genus of primates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Notharctus
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Notharctus is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America and Europe during the late to middle Eocene.[1]

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N. tenebrosus (left) compared to Plesiadapis cookei (right), a plesiadapiform. Both come from Eocene Wyoming, though the latter is slightly geologically older.

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The body form of Notharctus is similar to that of modern rats. Its fingers were elongated for clamping onto branches, including the development of a thumb. Its spine is flexible and the animal was about 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, excluding the long tail.[2]

There were at least four different Notharctus species.[1] Fossils from at least seven other potential species have also been discovered.[citation needed]

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N. osborni skull
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