Microsyops

Microsyops; Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Plesiadapiformes
Family:	†Microsyopidae
Genus:	†Microsyops; Leidy, 1872
Species:	†M. annectens
Binomial name
	†Microsyops annectens; (Marsh, 1872)

Microsyops annectens is a plesiadapiform primate found in Middle Eocene in North America.[1] It is in the family Microsyopidae. It was a tree-dwelling insectivore. It appears to have had a more developed sense of smell than other early primates.[2]

References

"Megadelphus". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
Silcox, Mary T., Ashleigh E. Benham, and Jonathan I. Bloch. "Endocasts of Microsyops (Microsyopidae, Primates) and the evolution of the brain in primitive primates." Journal of human evolution 58.6 (2010): 505-521.

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[1] "Megadelphus". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

[2] Silcox, Mary T., Ashleigh E. Benham, and Jonathan I. Bloch. "Endocasts of Microsyops (Microsyopidae, Primates) and the evolution of the brain in primitive primates." Journal of human evolution 58.6 (2010): 505-521.