''Anchomomys'' is a genus of
adapiform primate
Primates are a diverse order (biology), order of mammals. They are divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include the Tarsiiformes, tarsiers and ...
that lived in Europe and Africa during the middle
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...
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Prehistoric strepsirrhines
Eocene primates
Eocene mammals of Europe
Eocene mammals of Africa
Prehistoric primate genera
Fossil taxa described in 1916