| Anaptomorphus | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anaptomorphinae |
| Genus: | †Anaptomorphus Cope, 1872 |
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Anaptomorphus is a genus of extinctanaptomorphine primate fromEoceneSouth andNorth America[1]
Compared to other primates from the time,Anaptomorphus is rather advanced in dentition, with the dental formula being2,1,2,32,1,2,3 × 2 = 32.[1]
Anaptomorphus is placed withinOmomyidae, related to (and often sister clade of)Tarsiers.A. homonculus , a species formerly assigned toAnaptomorphus, has been moved to the related genusTetonius.[2][3]