Biology:Aframonius
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Short description: Extinct genus of primates
Aframonius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Adapidae |
Genus: | †Aframonius Simons et al., 1995 |
Species: | †A. diedes
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Binomial name | |
†Aframonius diedes Simons et al., 1995
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Aframonius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Africa during the late Eocene or early Oligocene.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
References
Bibliography
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&pg=PA21.
Wikidata ☰ Q20312554 entry
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