Omomyid

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Omomyid - extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

Omomyid group

order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings

taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations

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Omomyid group order Primates Primates taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group			The fossil's forward-looking eye sockets are also revealing: They're much smaller relative to skull length than those of any other omomyid specimen. Tiny skull puts Asia at root of primate tree by Bower, B. / Science News Beard and his coworkers assign some Shanghuang fossils to an adapid that resembled an extinct European primate and identify others as an omomyid with anatomical ties to a North American primate of comparable age. Asian link proposed for primate evolution by Bower, Bruce / Science News Because most fossils assigned to the omomyid family consist only of teeth and jaw fragments, Krishtalka contends the omomyids represent a "wastebasket group" into which scientists dump all sorts of fossilized bits and pieces merely because the specimens come from small primates living in the same distant time period. New fossils push back primate origins by Bower, Bruce / Science News			omnipotence omnipotent Omnipotently omnipresence Omnipresency omnipresent Omnipresential Omniprevalent omnirange omniscience Omnisciency omniscient Omniscious omnisexual Omnispective Omnium Omnium Gatherum omnium-gatherum Omnivagant Omnivora omnivore omnivorous Omo- Omohyoid Omolon Omomyid Omomyid group omophagia Omophagic Omoplate omoplatoscopy Omostegite Omosternal Omosternum Omotic omov Omphacine Omphale Omphalic Omphalo- Omphalocele Omphalode omphalodium omphalomancy Omphalomesaraic Omphalomesenteric omphalopsychism Omphalopsychite Omphalopter omphalos omphaloskepsis			Omo omo- omo- Omoa OMOAM OMOC omocervical artery omoclavicular omoclavicular triangle omoclavicular triangle omoclavicular triangle omoclavicular triangle OMOD OMODE Omoe OMOEE OMOH Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture omohyoid omohyoid omohyoid Omohyoid muscle Omohyoid muscle Omohyoid muscle Omoi Omoloi Omolon Omolon Omolon River Omolon River Omomyid Omomyid group Omomyidae OMON Omonia Omoo OMOP omophagia omophagia Omophagic omophagy omophagy Omophronidae Omoplata Omoplate omoplatoscopy OMOPM OMOR Omos Omos Omos Omospondia Kypriakon Organoseon Elladas Omostegite Omosternal Omosternum Omot Omotic Omotic languages Omotic languages OMOU

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