Micromomyidae (Micromomids) is a family of extinct plesiadapiform mammals that include some of the earliest known primates.[3][4] The family includes five genera[5] that lived from the Paleocene epoch into the early Eocene epoch.[4]
Micromomyids first appeared in the fossil record between 61.7 and 56.8 million years ago with the Micromomys genus. All but one specimen has been discovered in modern-day inland North America, more specifically in Wyoming, Alberta, and Saskatchewan,[5][6] with one unlabeled Eocene species found in Shandong, China.[6]
Like other known Plesiadapiformes, it appears that the micromomyids were small, tree-dwellinginsectivores.[4][5][7] They are thought to be some of the smallest of their order, with estimates for some species around 10-40g,[4][7] or one-third to one and a half ounces, in weight.
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^ abcdChester, Stephen G.B.; Bloch, Jonathan I. (August 2013). "Systematics of Paleogene Micromomyidae (Euarchonta, Primates) from North America". Journal of Human Evolution. 65 (2): 109–142. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.04.006. PMID 23850536.
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^ abBloch, Jonathan I.; Silcox, Mary T.; Boyer, Doug M.; Sargis, Eric J. (2007-01-23). "New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (4): 1159–1164. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610579104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC1783133. PMID 17229835.
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