Notharctus

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Notharctus is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America and Europe during the late to middle Eocene.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:Notharctus tenebrosus e Plesiadapis cooki (cropped).jpg
N. tenebrosus (left) compared to Plesiadapis cookei (right), a plesiadapiform. Both come from Eocene Wyoming, though the latter is slightly geologically older.

The body form of Notharctus is similar to that of modern rats. Its fingers were elongated for clamping onto branches, including the development of a thumb. Its spine is flexible and the animal was about Script error: No such module "convert". in length, excluding the long tail.[1]

There were at least four different Notharctus species.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fossils from at least seven other potential species have also been discovered.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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N. osborni skull

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