| 词条 | Carpolestes |
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| name = Carpolestes | fossil_range = late Paleocene[1] | image = CarpolestesCL.png |image_caption=Carpolestes simpsoni | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = †Plesiadapiformes | superfamilia = †Carpolestoidea | familia = †Carpolestidae | genus = †Carpolestes | genus_authority = Simpson, 1928 | type_species = †Carpolestes nigridens | subdivision_ranks = Paleospecies[1] | subdivision = †C. dubius Jepsen, 1930 †C. nigridens Simpson, 1928 †C. simpsoni Bloch and Gingerich, 1998 †C. twelvemilensis Mattingly, Sanisidro & Beard, 2017 }}Carpolestes is a genus of extinct primate-like mammals from the late Paleocene of North America. It first existed around 58 million years ago. The three species of Carpolestes appear to form a lineage, with the earliest occurring species, C. dubius, ancestral to the type species, C. nigridens, which, in turn, was ancestral to the most recently occurring species, C. simpsoni.[1] Carpolestes had flattened fingernails on its feet but with claws on its fingers.[2] Morphologically it supports Robert Sussman´s theory[3] of the co-evolution of tropical fruiting Angiosperms and early primates where Angiosperms provide nectar and fruits in return for dispersing the seed for tropical rainforest plans. It appears to have been a distant relative of the Plesiadapiforms such as Plesiadapis. References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal | author = Bloch, J.I. | author2 = D.C. Fisher | author3 = K.D. Rose | author4 = P.D. Gingerich | last-author-amp = yes | year = 2001 | title = Stratocladistic analysis of Paleocene Carpolestidae (Mammalia, Plesiadapiformes) with description of a new late Tiffanian genus | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 119–131 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0119:SAOPCM]2.0.CO;2}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3753270}}{{paleo-mammal-stub}}2. ^Helen Pilcher "Flower CHild" in New Scientist, The Collection, The Human Story (2014) 3. ^Sussman, Robert “Primate rigins and te Evotion of Angiosperms” in American Journal of Primatology Vol 23, No.4 (1991) pp209-223 4 : Plesiadapiformes|Paleocene mammals|Prehistoric mammals of North America|Fossil taxa described in 1928 |
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