Like other species of " Carpolestes ", the dental morphology of " C . simpsoni " is specially adapted to eating fruit, seeds, and invertebrates.
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Still today it is widely assumed that " Elphidotarsius " from the mid to late Paleocene gave rise to " Carpodaptes " which lived in the late Paleocene and subsequently gave rise to " Carpolestes " from the early Eocene.
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""'Carpolestes simpsoni " "'is an extinct species of Plesiadapiformes, which is one of the earliest primate-like mammals appearing in the fossil record during the late Paleocene . " C . simpsoni " had grasping digits but no forward-facing eyes.