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Pelycodus
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''Pelycodus'' is an extinct genus of adapiform primate that lived during the early Eocene (Wasatchian) period in Europe and North America, particularly Wyoming and New Mexico. It is very closely related to ''Cantius'' and may even be its subgenus. It may also have given rise to the Middle Eocene Uintan primate ''Hesperolemur'', although this is controversial. From mass estimates based on the first molar, the two species, ''P. jarrovii'' and ''P. danielsae'', weighed 4.5 kg and 6.3 kg respectively and were frugivores with an arboreal, quadrupedal locomotion.
==History==
''Pelycodus'' was first identified as ''Prototomus jarrovii'' by Cope in 1874, who pronounced it a rare inhabitant of both Wyoming and New Mexico. Over the next hundred years, approximately a dozen species were added, most more primitive dentally than the now renamed ''Pelycodus jarrovii''.〔Fleagle, J. G. 1999. ''Primate Adaptation and Evolution''. San Diego, Academic Press.〕 In 1977, all but two species were moved into ''Cantius'' by Philip D. Gingerich on the basis of differences in their molars.〔 Gebo, DL. 2002. Adapiformes: phylogeny and adaptation. The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press 〕 There is some disagreement as to whether ''Pelycodus'' is distinct enough to be a separate genus.〔(Mikko's Phylogeny Archive )〕
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