tarsioidn.adj.
/ˈtɑːsɪɔɪd/ Palaeontology.
A. n.
A fossil primate belonging to the suborder Tarsioidea, of which tarsiers are the only living members.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Tarsiidae (tarsier)
tarsier1774
malmag1838
spectre tarsier1871
spectre-lemur1882
tarsioid1913
1913 G. E. Smith in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 585 It may have been the case that the original habitat of the Tarsioids ranged from North America to South-eastern Europe.
1929 F. W. Jones Man's Place among Mammals xl. 359 We have further grounds in analogy with the jaws of the known tarsioids.
1968 W. Le Gros Clark Chant of Pleasant Exploration iii. 76 A rich assortment of extinct ‘tarsioids’..extended their range over considerable areas.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fossil tarsioid or a tarsier.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > of or relating to tarsier
tarsioid1913
1913 G. E. Smith in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 590 The factors that..have transformed a Tarsioid Prosimian into an Ape.
1925 Bull. Geol. Soc. China 4 142 Primitive lemuroid and tarsioid fossil remains are widely known from England eastwards to the Carpathians.
1973 B. J. Williams Evol. & Human Origins ix. 124/1 It has been suggested that the higher primates did go through a tarsioid stage of evolution.
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