Cantius frugivorus
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| Cantius frugivorus Temporal range: Eocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Nothactidae |
| Subfamily: | Nothactinae |
| Genus: | Cantius |
| Subgenus: | Neocantius |
| Species: | C. frugivorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cantius frugivorus (Cope, 1875) |
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Cantius frugivorus was a small adapiformes primate that lived in the early Eocene in North America. It is more advanced than the plesiadapiformes.
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[edit] Morphology
This species had a dental formula of 
. The incisors are small and vertical in Cantius frugivorus, and the canines are prominent. The mandibular symphysis is unfused and this was most likely a diurnal species. Cantius frugivorus had an average body mass of around 2.8 kilograms.
[edit] Diet
Based on the dental morphology of Cantius frugivorus, it most likely had a frugivorous diet.
[edit] Locomotion
The limb bones of Cantius frugivorus suggest it moved by arboreal quadrupedalism and leaping.
[edit] References
- Fleagle, J.G. 1999. Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Academic Press: San Diego.
- http://www.talkorigins.org/pdf/faq-transitional.pdf
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
