Late Eocene (Ludian)

Phosphorites de Quercy

La Bouffie, Quercy, France

9mm jaw section with four teeth

Mammal, Primate

Necrolemur is a genus of primate of the Family Omomyidae.   It lived at a time when primates were becoming uncommon in North America and Europe as tropical forests were well on their way to being replaced by the open woodlands of cooler, drier climates.  Like its relative, Pseudoloris, it was one of the last undisputed omomyids – a group that may have been ancestral to modern tarsiers of southeast Asia.