Late Eocene (Ludian)

Phosphorites de Quercy

La Bouffie, Quercy, France

3mm tooth with root.

Mammal, Primate. Omomyidae.

Necrolemur is a an extinct genus of primate of the Family Omomyidae.  It lived at a time when primates were becoming uncommon in North America and Europe as tropical forests were well on their way to being replaced by the open woodlands of cooler, drier climates.  It was one of the last undisputed omomyid primates which may have been ancestral to modern tarsiers of southeast Asia.

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