Pelycodus

Pelycodus Temporal range: 56.0–47.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene[1]
Pelycodus jarrovii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Notharctidae
Subfamily:	†Notharctinae
Genus:	†Pelycodus Cope, 1875
Species
†P. danielsae †P. jarrovii

Pelycodus (from Ancient Greek πέλυξ (pélux), “bowl” + ὀδούς (odoús), “tooth”^[2]) is an extinct genus of adapiform primate that lived during the early Eocene (Wasatchian) period in Europe and North America, particularly Wyoming and New Mexico.^[3] It is very closely related to Cantius and may even be its subgenus. It may also have given rise to the Middle Eocene Uintan primate Hesperolemur, although this is controversial. From mass estimates based on the first molar, the two species, P. jarrovii and P. danielsae, weighed 4.5 kg and 6.3 kg respectively and were frugivores with an arboreal, quadrupedal locomotion.^{[citation needed]}