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Cantius is a genus of adapiform primates from the early Eocene of North America and Europe. It is extremely well represented in the fossil record in North America and has been hypothesized to be the direct ancestor of Notharctus in North America. The evolution of Cantius is characterized by a significant increase in body mass that nearly tripled in size. The earliest species were considered small-sized and weighed in around 1 kg, while the later occurring species were considered medium-sized and likely weighed in around 3 kg. Though significantly smaller, the fossil remains discovered of the various species of Cantius have striking similarities to that of Nothartcus and Smilodectes. It is likely Cantius relied on arboreal quadrupedal locomotion, primarily running and leaping. This locomoto

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  • Cantius es un género extinto de primates adapiformes que vivió en el Eoceno, en Europa​ y Norteamérica.​ (es)
  • Il cantio (gen. Cantius) è un primate estinto, appartenente agli adapidi. Visse nell'Eocene inferiore - medio (circa 56 - 40 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Nordamerica e in Europa. (it)
  • Cantius is a genus of adapiform primates from the early Eocene of North America and Europe. It is extremely well represented in the fossil record in North America and has been hypothesized to be the direct ancestor of Notharctus in North America. The evolution of Cantius is characterized by a significant increase in body mass that nearly tripled in size. The earliest species were considered small-sized and weighed in around 1 kg, while the later occurring species were considered medium-sized and likely weighed in around 3 kg. Though significantly smaller, the fossil remains discovered of the various species of Cantius have striking similarities to that of Nothartcus and Smilodectes. It is likely Cantius relied on arboreal quadrupedal locomotion, primarily running and leaping. This locomoto (en)
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  • Simons, 1962 (en)
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  • Early Eocene (en)
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  • * C. abditus (Gingerich & Simons, 1977) * C. angulatus (Cope, 1875) * C. antediluvius (Kihm, 1992) * C. eppsi (Cooper, 1932) * C. frugivorus (Cope, 1875) * C. lohseorum (Robinson, 2016) * C. mckennai (Gingerich & Simons 1977) * C. nunienus (Cope, 1881) * C. ralstoni (Matthew, 1915) * C. savagei (Gingerich, 1977) * C. simonsi (Gunnell, 2002) * C. torresi (Gingerich, 1986) (en)
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  • Cantius is a genus of adapiform primates from the early Eocene of North America and Europe. It is extremely well represented in the fossil record in North America and has been hypothesized to be the direct ancestor of Notharctus in North America. The evolution of Cantius is characterized by a significant increase in body mass that nearly tripled in size. The earliest species were considered small-sized and weighed in around 1 kg, while the later occurring species were considered medium-sized and likely weighed in around 3 kg. Though significantly smaller, the fossil remains discovered of the various species of Cantius have striking similarities to that of Nothartcus and Smilodectes. It is likely Cantius relied on arboreal quadrupedal locomotion, primarily running and leaping. This locomotor pattern comparable to that of extant lemurs, which has fostered the hypothesis that Cantius and other strepsirrhine adapiforms may have a close phylogenetic affinity to living lemurs. (en)
  • Cantius es un género extinto de primates adapiformes que vivió en el Eoceno, en Europa​ y Norteamérica.​ (es)
  • Il cantio (gen. Cantius) è un primate estinto, appartenente agli adapidi. Visse nell'Eocene inferiore - medio (circa 56 - 40 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Nordamerica e in Europa. (it)
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