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Carpolestes
''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''.〔 It had flattened fingernails on its feet but with claws on its fingers.〔Helen Pilcher "Flower CHild" in New Scientist, The Collection, The Human Story (2014)〕 Morphologically it supports Robert Sussman´s theory〔Sussman, Robert “Primate rigins and te Evotion of Angiosperms” in American Journal of Primatology Vol 23, No.4 (1991) pp209-223〕 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. ==References==
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