Pronycticebus
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Pronycticebus was a genus of adapiformes primates that lived during the middle to middle late Eocene. It is represented by two species, Pronycticebus gaudryi and Pronycticebus neglectus,Template:Sfn of which an almost complete specimen was found in Germany,Template:Sfn and the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.
Morphology
Pronycticebus neglectus possessed what appears to be a grooming claw on the second digit of each foot like modern strepsirhines (Fleagle, 1999) and had a dental formula of 2:1:4:3. Pronycticebus neglectus has a petrosal bulla and a postorbital bar. Pronycticebus neglectus may have been a nocturnal or a crepuscular species, which is suggested by a relatively large orbital size. Pronycticebus neglectus has a relatively large baculum for a species of its size, which had an average body mass of 825 grams.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Range
Pronycticebus neglectus lived in Europe.Template:Sfn
Locomotion
Based upon limb morphology, Pronycticebus neglectus moved by quadrupedalism, leaping, and climbing. This species is less of a leaper than the notharctines and used slow quadrupedalism less than the adapines.Template:Sfn
References
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- Conroy, G.C. 1990. Primate Evolution. W.W. Norton and Co.: New York.
- Martin, R.D. 1990. Primate Origins and Evolution: A Phylogenetic Reconstruction. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey.
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- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
Literature cited
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