Paroodectes

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Paroodectes
Temporal range: 47.8–46.2 
Ma
↓
 middle Eocene
Fossil of Paroodectes feisti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade:
Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade:
Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Paroodectes
Springhorn, 1980[1]
Type species
†Paroodectes feisti
Springhorn, 1980[1]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Paroödectes (Springhorn, 1980)
synonyms of species:
  • P. feisti:
    • Paroödectes feisti (Springhorn, 1980)

Paroodectes ("near

Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.[2][3][4][5]

It lived in rain forests and swamps and was a prehistoric predator that had the size and appearance of a

primates
in the tree tops.

Only one species of Paroodectes (P. feisti) has been found, and this was at the

Metatarsals are elongated. Hand and foot are adapted to plantigrade locomotion. An arboricole [living in trees] habit is assumed. Some morphologic features are reminiscent of the Viverridae and some Procyonidae."[1]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 128857759
    .
  2. ^ J. J. Hooker (1986.) "Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England." Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478
  3. ^ Robert L. Carroll (1988.) "Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution." W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, Paroodectes
  4. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9
    . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. S2CID 129314381
    .
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