Plesiadaptiformes (jan 1, 56000000 BC – jan 1, 54000000 BC)
Description:
A taxonomic order, parallel or ancestral to modern Primates;•Appeared during the Paleocene, between 56 and 54 mya;
•Like modern Strepsirrhines, they were nocturnal, arboreal, largely reliant on smell and able to leap from branch to branch;
•Unlike all primates, however, they lacked either a postorbital bar or closure;
•Inaddition, they had monocular vision, claws instead of nails and relatively small brains
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Date:
jan 1, 56000000 BC
jan 1, 54000000 BC
~ 2001328 years