Microsyops

Microsyops; Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene (Wasatchian-Uintan); ~50.3–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Plesiadapiformes
Family:	†
Subfamily:	†
Genus:	†Microsyops; Leidy, 1872
Species
	M. annectens; M. latidens;

Microsyops is a plesiadapiform primate found in Middle Eocene in North America.^[1] It is in the family . It appears to have had a more developed sense of smell than other early primates.^[2] It is believed to have eaten fruit, and its fossils show the oldest known dental cavities in a mammal.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Microsyops at fossilworks.org
^ 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.
^ Early Eocene Primate Had Dental Caries, Sep 10, 2021
^ The largest and earliest known sample of dental caries in an extinct mammal (Mammalia, Euarchonta, Microsyops latidens) and its ecological implications

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[1] Microsyops at fossilworks.org

[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.

[3] Early Eocene Primate Had Dental Caries, Sep 10, 2021

[4] The largest and earliest known sample of dental caries in an extinct mammal (Mammalia, Euarchonta, Microsyops latidens) and its ecological implications

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