Omomyids, the ancestor’s form of the known "Tarsier" like animal. This species reined about thirty-four to fifty million years ago during the Eocene and Oligocene era. Fossils of these Omomyids are found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is known to be the second major group of the Eocene primates, the first being the Adapidae. Some of the features that the Omomyids possessed were: Big eye orbits, long grasping fingers, long short snout, and smaller than a quarter of a pound. These extinct creatures were nocturnal; hence the large eye orbits for seeing better at night. The Omomyids utilized their long fingers to climbs trees for a couple of reasons, whether it is to escape from being eaten or to get some food. It had a small mouth, therefore it tells anthropologists that they ate insects for there daily diet. Some scientists believe that Omomyids are the ancestral form of Haplorrhini’s, or apes, monkeys, and humans. Species Tarsius syrichta Tarsius bancanus Tarsius tarsier Tarsius dentatus Tarsius pelengensis Tarsius sangirensis Tarsius pumilus Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae, genus Tarsius) are a genus of prosimian primates, previously classified as strepsirhines, but now classified as haplorhines, though still not considered to be monkeys. ... The Eocene epoch (56-34 MYA) is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era. ... The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ... Genera (extinct) Godinotia others The adapids, members of the extinct family Adapidae, are prosimian primates that lived during the Eocene era. ... A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ... See Anthropology. ... Families Tarsiidae Cebidae Aotidae Pitheciidae Atelidae Cercopithecidae Hylobatidae Hominidae The haplorrhines, the dry-nosed primates, are members of the Haplorrhini clade: the prosimian tarsiers and all of the true simians (the monkeys and the apes, including humans). ...

End Notes University of North Carolina at Wilmington, “Fossil Primates”, http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Domomyidae%2Bpictures%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fl%3D0&h=223&w=445&imgcurl=people.uncw.edu%2Falbertm%2Fant210summer03%2F020mad.gif&imgurl=people.uncw.edu%2Falbertm%2Fant210summer03%2F020mad.gif&size=23.1kB&name=020mad.gif&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.uncw.edu%2Falbertm%2Fant210summer03%2Fomad.htm&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.uncw.edu%2Falbertm%2Fant210summer03%2Fomad.htm&p=omomyidae&type=gif&no=1&tt=1&fr=FP-tab-web-t, 1 September 2005.

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