Heterohyus
| Heterohyus[1] Temporal range: early to late Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Cimolesta |
| Suborder: | †Apatotheria |
| Family: | †Apatemyidae |
| Genus: | †Heterohyus Gervais, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| †Heterohyus nanus | |
Heterohyus is an extinct genus of apatemyid from the early to late Eocene. A small, tree-dwelling creature with elongated fore- and middle fingers, in these regards it somewhat resembled a modern-day aye-aye.
Notes
- ↑ McKenna & Bell, 1997, p. 213.
References
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- Morlo, Michael et al. An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP11) Vertebratae of Messel gives as author: Teilhard de Chardin, 1921 - please refer to footnote 88.
- Kenneth David Rose. The Beginning of the Age of Mammals. JHU Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8018-8472-1, ISBN 978-0-8018-8472-6, 428 pp. gives as author: Koenigswald, 1990
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