Macrotarsius
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | †Omomyidae |
| Genus: | † Clark, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Macrotarsius montanus Clark, 1941
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Macrotarsius is an extinct genus of omomyid that inhabited North America and East Asia during the Eocene epoch.
Taxonomy
Macrotarsius contains five species: the type species M. montanus, M. jepseni, M. macrorhysis, M. roederi, and M. siegerti.[1]
Distribution
Macrotarsius macrorhysis lived in Jiangsu, China during the Middle Eocene.[2]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ Beard, Kenneth Christopher; Qi, Tao; Dawson, Mary R.; Wang, Banyue; Li, Chuankuei (14 April 1994). "A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China". Nature. 368 (6472): 604–609. doi:10.1038/368604a0. ISSN 1476-4687. Retrieved 14 February 2025.