| Named By: | Wortman in 1903 |
| Time Period: | 55-50 Ma Early Eocene |
| Location: | USA - Colorado, Utah & Wyoming |
| Size: | Around 2 kilograms, though could be slightly larger |
| Diet: | Folivore (herbivore that specialises in eating leaves) |
| Fossil(s): | Multiple specimens |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Nothactidae | Nothactinae | |
| Also known as: | | Aphanolemur | |
Smilodectes is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. It possesses a post-orbital bar and grasping thumbs and toes. Smilodectes has a small cranium size and the foramen magnum was located at the back of the skull, on the occipital bone.