单词 | omomyine |
释义 | omomyineadj.n. Palaeontology. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subfamily Omomyinae of extinct omomyid primates, known chiefly from remains found in Eocene and Oligocene deposits in North America. Cf. omomyid n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > of or relating to extinct or fossil types adapid1921 omomyine1955 omomyid1958 plesiadapid1966 plesiadapoid1974 1955 W. C. O. Hill Primates II. 264 The upper molars are more characteristically omomyine. 1988 I. Tattersall et al. Encycl. Human Evol. & Prehistory 399 (caption) Slightly reconstructed skull of the early Oligocene omomyine omomyid Rooneyia viejaensis. 2000 Jrnl. Human Evol. 38 607 They [sc. new remains] allow..a description and detailed analysis of the functional morphology of the hindlimb of this middle Eocene omomyine primate. B. n. An omomyine primate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > primate > extinct > extinct types of adapid1910 plesiadapid1930 omomyid1958 plesiadapoid1966 plesiadapiform1976 omomyine1978 1978 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 47 523 A morphocline among one group of omomyines, the Omomyini.., involves progressive reduction and more medial occurrence of the paraconid on M1-3. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) vi. i. 204/1 A somewhat younger omomyine dating back to about 50 million years ago, Shoshonius, is now well documented. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1955 |
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