Chiromyoides

Chiromyoides Temporal range: Thanetian-Ypresian (Clarkforkian-Wasatchian) ~56.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Plesiadapiformes
Family:	†Plesiadapidae
Genus:	†Chiromyoides Stehlin, 1916
Type species
†Chiromyoides campanicus Stehlin, 1916
Species
†Chiromyoides caesor Gingerich, 1973 †Chiromyoides gigas Burger and Honey, 2008 †Chiromyoides gingerichi Secord, 2008 †Chiromyoides kesiwah Beard et al., 2020 †Chiromyoides major Gingerich, 1975 †Chiromyoides mauberti De Bast et al., 2018 †Chiromyoides minor Gingerich, 1975 †Chiromyoides potior Gingerich, 1975

Chiromyoides is a small plesiadapid primatomorph that is known for its unusually robust upper and lower incisors, deep dentary, and comparatively small cheek teeth. Species of Chiromyoides are known from the middle Tiffanian through late Clarkforkian North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMA) of western North America, and from late Paleocene deposits in the Paris Basin, France.

The unique dental morphology of Chiromyoides has led several authors to propose a specialized ecological role for the genus. Gingerich (1976) hypothesized that Chiromyoides was a specialist on seeds, while Szalay and Delson (1979) and Beard et al. (2020) suggested that it may have consumed wood-boring insects in a manner similar to the aye-aye.^[1][2][3]