Smilodectes

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Smilodectes
Fossil range: Early Eocene
Smilodectes skeleton.
Smilodectes skeleton.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Nothactidae
Subfamily: Nothactinae
Genus: Smilodectes
Wortman, 1903
Species

Smilodectes is an extinct genus of primate.

It possesses a post-orbital bar and grasping thumbs and toes. Smilodectes has a small cranium size and the foramen magnum was located at the back of the skull, on the occipatal bone.

It appears during the Eocene epoch, and is thought to be related to lemurs.

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