Europolemur klatti
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| Europolemur klatti Fossil range: Eocene |
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| Europolemur klatti Weigelt, 1933 |
Europolemur klatti was an adapiformes primate that lived on the continent of Europe from the middle to early Eocene. One possible relative to this species, is a recently discovered primate, Mahgarita stevensi. This relationship to M. stevensi suggests that the Eocene of eastern North America was the possible homeland of lemuriformes with close European phylogenetic ties.
[edit] Morphology
Europolemur klatti has a dental formula of 2:1:3:3 (Franzen, 1987; cited in Martin, 1990) and the milk dentition of this species consisted of four premolars while the adults only had three premolars. E. klatti has a grasping hallux and there is evidence that supports that E. klatti may have had nails instead of claws. The shape of the calcaneus resembles that found in Smilodectes and Notharctus and E. klatti had an average body mass of 1.7 kilograms.
[edit] References
- http://members.tripod.com/cacajao/europolemur_klatti.html
- Fleagle, J.G. 1999. Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Academic Press: San Diego.
- Franzen, J.L. 1987. Ein neuer Primate aus dem Mitteleozan der Grube Messel (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg. Vol. 91, 151-187.
- Martin, R.D. 1990. Primate Origins and Evolution: A Phylogenetic Reconstruction. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey.
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=819339&dopt=Abstract
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
