单词 | plesiadapoid |
释义 | plesiadapoidn.adj. Palaeontology. A. n. An extinct primate belonging to the suborder Plesiadapoidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > primate > extinct > extinct types of adapid1910 plesiadapid1930 omomyid1958 plesiadapoid1966 plesiadapiform1976 omomyine1978 1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) xviii. 217/2 (heading) Plesiadapoids. 1973 Nature 24 Aug. 518/1 The dental characteristics distinguishing primitive Early Eocene adapids and omomyids from other Eocene mammals are present in primitive plesiadapoids. 1974 B. J. Stahl Vertebr. Hist. ix. 471 The plesiadapoids..became extinct without issue before the close of the Eocene. 1995 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 64 1 Two new genera and species of carpolestid plesiadapoids are described from early Eocene coal beds. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the suborder Plesiadapoidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > of or relating to extinct or fossil types adapid1921 omomyine1955 omomyid1958 plesiadapid1966 plesiadapoid1974 1974 B. J. Stahl Vertebr. Hist. ix. 472 A change in the climate is implicated in the failure of the plesiadapoid primates to survive. 1995 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 Suppl. 42 (title) Petrosal morphology of Tinimomys graybullensis is plesiadapoid, not microsyopoid. 2002 Science (Nexis) 22 Nov. 1606 Carpolestids are generally considered plesiadapoid plesiadapiforms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1966 |
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