Biology:Copelemur

Short description: Extinct genus of primates

Copelemur Temporal range: Early Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) ~50.3–46.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Notharctidae
Subfamily:	†Notharctinae
Genus:	†Copelemur Gingerich & Simons, 1977
Type species
†Copelemur tutus Cope, 1877
Species
C. australotutus C. praetutus C. tutus

Copelemur is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the early Eocene.

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. 

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