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Noun: Omomyid group
  1. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
    - Omomyid

Type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: order Primates, Primates

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Omomyid group
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Omphalotus
Omphalotus illudens
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